| Description |
viii, 279 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"When the desire to be thin becomes a dangerous addiction" -- Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index. |
| Contents |
The changing shape of womanhood -- Fact versus fiction : how survival shapes the body -- Women's bodies, women's lives -- The shape of eating disorders -- So why do people do it? -- How family shapes us -- The new extended family : how culture shapes us -- The shape of recovery -- Thinking and coping in new ways -- Embracing our selves. |
| Subject |
Eating disorders in women.
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| Added Author |
Kelly, Joe, 1954-
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| ISBN |
0471691585 cloth |
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