Eating disorders
By: Julia Garbus, book editor
Series: Issues that concern you
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780737772395
Subjects: Eating disorders; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / General
Description: "Students must often make informed decisions about serious issues that will affect the course of their lives. Focusing on topics of special concern to students, the Issues That Concern You series helps make these complex issues less intimidating and more accessible. Color photos, charts, graphs, tables and editorial cartoons reinforce information as well as present important statistical data. Each volume also includes facts taken from a variety of government and research facilities, to tell students more of what they want to know about the issue, and guidance for students to aid them in addressing the issue in their own lives. A bibliography and thorough subject index round out each volume"--

"Issues That Concern You: Eating Disorders This series covers today's most current national and international issues and the most important opinions of the past and present. The purpose of the series is to introduce readers to all sides of contemporary controversies"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101) and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of eating disorders  -- National Institute of Mental Health; title: Binge eating is a serious eating disorder  -- Sunny Sea Gold; title: Many factors contribute to eating disorders  -- The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt; title: I don't want to be told I'm pretty as I am, I want to live in a world where that's irrelevant  -- Laurie Penny; title: Social media can trigger or worsen eating disorders ; title: Iris Mansour --; title: Is anorexia a cultural disease?  -- Carrie Arnold; title: Eating disorders do not just affect "skinny white affluent girls"  -- Elizabeth Licorish; title: Athletes are especially susceptible to eating disorders  -- Gail Hanson-Mayer; title: Eating disorders do not discriminate based on sexuality or gender identity  -- Valerie Kusler; title: For boys with eating disorders, finding treatment can be hard  -- Rhitu Chatterjee; title: The anorexic mindset is difficult to change  -- Pamela Paul; title: Eating disorder recovery involves changing one's self-lmage  -- Meg Haston; title: Appendix: What you should know about eating disorders ;; title: What you should do about eating disorders.