Eating disorders : the ultimate teen guide / Jessica R. Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Jessica R., 1964- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

It happened to me ; no. 39.

It happened to me ; no. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers.

Eating disorders in adolescence.

Eating disorders in adolescence--Popular works.

Teenagers--Life skills guides.

Genre:

Young adult literature.

Life skills guides.

Popular works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages).

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2014.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]

Summary:

Focuses on issues and attitude that concern teenagers about eating behaviors. Shows the road signs that lead to full-blown eating disorders, and determines who is most susceptible to developing one. Explains the consequences of long-term malnutrition, food abuse, and obesity, and takes a look at the process of recovery.

Contents:

Prologue: Eating disorder issues and attitudes

Eating to extremes: mental disorder or lifestyle choice?

It starts in your head: the science of mood, compulsion, and addiction

Keys that turn the lock: complex and combined forces at work

Let's dish on the past: the origins of extreme eating

Boys get hungry, too: culture wars on perfect bodies

Appetite for destruction: from habit to compulsion

Truth and consequences: the ultimate cost of food obsession

Who can you call? Practical advice that may help

It gets better from here: intervention and treatment

Finding balance: the healthy weigh to recovery

Epilogue: What recovery looks like.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-41007-2

OCLC:

890708197