Research Catalog

Title

Eating disorders throughout the life span / edited by Howard L. Field and Barbara B. Domangue.

Publication

New York : Praeger, 1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Field, Howard L. (Howard Lawrence), 1928-2015
• Domangue, Barbara B.

Description

x, 164 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

Eating disorders are linked to the developmental process in this up-to-date reference work for pediatricians, family practitioners, gerontologists, internists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. The broad range of topics by expert contributors gives thereader a comprehensive survey of both the medical and behavioral dimensions of eating disorders throughout the life cycle. The clinical data is richly amplified with case studies and the volume includes a bibliography and a list of suggested readings selected by the editors.

Subject

• Eating disorders
• Eating disorders in children
• Feeding and Eating Disorders
• Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood
• Eating disorders
• Eating disorders in children
• Troubles nutritionnels
• Essstörung

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 157.

Contents

Introduction -- Nonorganic failure to thrive -- The treatment of childhood obesity -- Anorexia nervosa and bulimia -- Family treatment of anorexia nervosa -- Bulimia : dynamic considerations -- Biological considerations in the treatment of adult obesity -- Gastrointestinal hormones and the control of food intake -- Surgical treatment of morbid obesity -- Micronutrient toxicity and megavitaminosis -- Clinical aspects of geriatric eating disorders -- Pharmacological aspects of nutrition in the elderly -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 027592212X
• 9780275922122

LCCN

87016955

OCLC

• ocm16227928
• 16227928
• SCSB-9799047

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library