Fat: culture and materiality
by Forth, Christopher E., Leitch, Alison, Murray, Samantha
""Fat". In contemporary society the word never fails to elicit powerful emotions, especially as it relates to bodily health and appearance. But fat is a noun as well as an adjective and has a cultural life outside of its relationship with the human body. By focusing on the compl…
Eating disorders are known to affect between 1 and 4% of all women, and a smaller proportion of men. This text is designed to provide all health professionals with the practical information they need to treat patients with anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders. A user-fr…
Eating disorders are known to affect between 1 and 4% of all women, and a smaller proportion of men. This text is designed to provide all health professionals with the practical information they need to treat patients with anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders. A user-fr…
Up-to-date and accessible, the second edition of Helping People with Eating Disorders is a comprehensive guide to understanding, assessing and treating eating disorders. The new edition focuses on evidence-based practice and has been fully updated to include references to the la…
"Enduring Change in Eating Disorders provides a perspective on the successful treatment of one of the most debilitating and recalcitrant psychiatric diseases. This book presents the model of Intensive Structural Family Therapy and its application to the treatment of eating disor…
Offers information on training, keeping mentally and physically fit, eating healthy, and developing self-confidence to help women avoid the triad of eating disorders, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis.
"Food as a Drug explores specific foods in order to determine potentially addictive qualities that may lead to obesity and eating disorders. Comprehensive and current, this reference provides information on relevant topics, such as diet and behavior relationships; cross-cultural…
Overview of the biopsychosocial risk factors underlying anorexia nervosa / Anita Federici and Allan S. Kaplan -- Overview of evidence on the underpinnings of bulimia nervosa / Timothy D. Brewerton -- Overview of evidence on the underpinnings of binge eating disorder and obesity …
Why is the brain important in eating disorders? This ground-breaking new book describes how increasingly sophisticated neuroscientific approaches are revealing much about the role of the brain in eating disorders. Even more importantly, it discusses how underlying brain abnormal…
