Women afraid to eat
Subtitle: breaking free in today's weight-obsessed world
By: Frances M. Berg ; edited by Kendra Rosencrans.
Contributors: Rosencrans, Kendra.
Publisher: Healthy Weight Network; Healthy Weight Publishing Network
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Hettinger, ND
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Overweight women -- Psychology; Overweight women -- United States; Eating disorders -- United States; Body image; Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States; Obesity -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-368) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fear of food, fear of fat; title: Our culture fails to nurture women; title: Dysfunctional eating disrupts normal life; title: Eating disorders shatter women's lives; title: Weights continue to rise; title: Prejudice punishes large women; title: Living in starvation mode; title: The risks of losing weight; title: Food and activity choices intensify problems; title: How the diet industry exerts control; title: Health at any size; title: It's about you; title: The joy of active living; title: Eating well; title: Celebrating size diversity; title: Creating a more nurturing culture; title: Prevention and treatment; title: Call to action.