| Description |
xiv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
It happened to me ; 39 |
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It happened to me ; no. 39.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Eating disorders in adolescence -- Popular works.
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Teenagers -- Life skill guides.
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| ISBN |
9780810887732 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0810887738 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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