Eating Disorders: The Facts

by Derek Llewellyn-Jones, Suzanne A. Abraham, Suzanne Abraham

This helpful book brings new understanding to the complex problems of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and obesity. The second edition describes new techniques in diagnosis and treatment, and features many case histories as told by patients themselves. The relationship between eating disorders and sexual development, as well as other patterns in the emergence of disorders, are explored in depth. With emphasis on establishing sensible eating and exercise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019261665X
• ISBN13: 9780192616654
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Required reading for people with young daughters.

This is a thorough book. The basics of the three major eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia and obesity, are examined both individually and as a group, with opening chapters on adolescent eating behaviors and the sexual maturation process. Numerous case history outlines provide surprising insights into the mind of the eating disorder victim. You will not find what you might expect. Any parent with a daughter in sports should get this book. Eating disorders are a subject which parents today cannot study enough