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Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth : assessment, prevention, and treatment / edited by J. Kevin Thompson and Linda Smolak.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Body image in children.
- Body image in adolescence.
- Obesity in children.
- Eating disorders in children.
- Eating disorders in adolescence.
- Obesity in adolescence.
- Child psychology.
- Teenagers--Mental health.
- Teenagers.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2001]
- Summary:
- This book examines the relationship between body image disturbances and eating disorders in our most vulnerable population: children and adolescents. Editors J. Kevin Thompson and Linda Smolak present a dynamic approach that combines current research, assessment techniques, and suggestions for treatment and prevention. Contributing authors offer techniques for treating obesity and eating disorders in children, point to possible sources of these disorders, map out the subtleties of working with youth of diverse ethnicities, and elucidate the connection between sexual abuse and body image.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth
- The Future Is Now / J. Kevin Thompson, Linda Smolak 1
- Chapter 1. Early Experience With Food and Eating: Implications for the Development of Eating Disorders / Jennifer O. Fisher, Leann L. Birch 23
- Chapter 2. Body Image in Children / Linda Smolak, Michael P. Levine 41
- Chapter 3. Obesity, Body Image, and Eating Disorders in Ethnically Diverse Children and Adolescents / Jennifer Zoler Dounchis, Helen A. Hayden, Denise E. Wilfley 67
- II. Risk Factors 99
- Chapter 4. Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Eating Disorders / Catherine M. Shisslak, Marjorie Crago 103
- Chapter 5. Family Functioning, Body Image, and Eating Disturbances / Ari B. Steinberg, Vicky Phares 127
- Chapter 6. Relationship of Sexual Abuse to Body Image and Eating Problems / Mary E. Connors 149
- III. Assessment 169
- Chapter 7. Assessment of Physical Status of Children and Adolescents With Eating Disorders and Obesity / Kelly Hill, Claire Pomeroy 171
- Chapter 8. Assessment of Body Image Disturbance in Children and Adolescents / Rick M. Gardner 193
- Chapter 9. Assessment of Eating Disturbance in Children and Adolescents With Eating Disorders and Obesity / Susan B. Netemeyer, Donald A. Williamson 215
- IV. Prevention and Treatment 235
- Chapter 10. Primary Prevention of Body Image Disturbances and Disordered Eating in Childhood and Early Adolescence / Michael P. Levine, Linda Smolak 237
- Chapter 11. Obesity Prevention for Children and Adolescents / Thomas N. Robinson, Joel D. Killen 261
- Chapter 12. Treatment of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents / Stacy A. Gore, Jillon S. Vander Wal, Mark H. Thelen 293
- Chapter 13. Behavioral Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions / Myles S. Faith, Brian E. Saelens, Denise E. Wilfley, David B. Allison 313
- Chapter 14. Plastic Surgery in Children and Adolescents / David B. Sarwer 341.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1557987580
- OCLC:
- 45879641
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