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Eating disorders : the ultimate teen guide

Title
Eating disorders : the ultimate teen guide / Jessica R. Greene.
Author
Greene, Jessica R., 1964-
Publication
  • Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Description
xiv, 300 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
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.
Series Statement
It happened to me ; 39
Uniform Title
It happened to me ; no. 39.
Subject
  • Eating disorders in adolescence > Popular works
  • Teenagers > Life skills guides
  • Eating disorders in adolescence
  • Teenagers
  • Life skills guides
  • Eating disorders
  • Life skills
Genre/Form
  • Life skills guides.
  • Popular works.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JFF 14-1100
ISBN
  • 9780810887732
  • 0810887738
  • 9780810895140
  • 0810895145
LCCN
2014005390
OCLC
870530725
Author
Greene, Jessica R., 1964- author.
Title
Eating disorders : the ultimate teen guide / Jessica R. Greene.
Publisher
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
It happened to me ; 39
It happened to me ; no. 39.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 14-1100
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