Eating Disorders: The Facts

By Suzanne Abraham and Derek Llewellyn-Jones

Book Overview

The eating disorders--anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity--affect thousands of people each year, particularly young women. This comprehensive guide considers why eating disorders occur, and then looks at each in turn, describing the eating behaviors, diagnosis, and treatments available.
This new edition is fully up-to-date, and includes more information on young people's weight- control measures, as well as the psychological aspects and treatments available for each disorder. The authors emphasize the importance of learning sensible eating, exercise patterns, and the role of self-help in recovery. Sympathetically and clearly written, the book provides an authoritative resource on eating disorders and how to treat them, especially designed for sufferers and their families.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192627597
• ISBN13: 9780192627599
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.5" x 5.1"

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