Nutrition and Eating Disorders

By Lori A. Smolin and Mary B. Grosvenor

Book Overview

Media images of ?ideal? bodies add to many people's worries about their own body weight and shape. In reality, the body types considered ideal by many people are often dangerously thin. For some people, concern with their body size and shape becomes an obsession and they can develop on eating disorder, Sufferers may starve themselves, exercise too much, or deliberately vomit to purge their body of calories. Nutrition and Eating Disorders, Second Edition examines some of the most common eating disorders, from anorexia nervosa to binge eating.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604138025
• ISBN13: 9781604138023
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12