Children and Teens Afraid to Eat: Helping Youth in Today's Weight-obsessed WorldHealthy Weight Network, 1997 - 339 pages At last, a book that challenges the social pressure to be thin and documents its tragic effect on youth. In Part One, the book examines six major eating and weight problems -- dysfunctional eating, the under-nutrition of teenage girls, hazardous weight loss, eating disorders, size prejudice and overweight. |
Contents
Growing up afraid to eat | 17 |
Our culture fails to nurture its youth | 37 |
Dysfunctional eating disrupts normal life | 57 |
Copyright | |
16 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceptance adolescents adults advertising AFRAID TO EAT African American anorexia nervosa athletes behavior Berg F Big Beautiful Woman binge body fat body image body mass index boys bulimia nervosa calories changes child CHILDREN AND TEENS culture Dads and Daughters develop diet pills diuretics dysfunctional eating eating and weight eating disorder specialist Eating Disorders Awareness eating problems EDAP effects fear feel female focus girls and women groups growth health professionals Healthy People 2010 Healthy Weight Journal high school hunger HWJ/Obesity & Health increases intake issues kids less lives lose weight meals meat menarche messages Mexican American nondiet normal eating nutrients nutrition obesity obsession overweight parents patients percent physical activity pounds promote rates risk says self-esteem sexual abuse sexual harassment smoking snacks social teachers teenage girls TEENS AFRAID thin treatment vomiting weight and eating young youngsters youth
References to this book
Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests: Plant Diversity ... R. Toby Pennington,James A. Ratter No preview available - 2006 |
The Prevention of Eating Problems and Eating Disorders: Theory, Research ... Michael P. Levine,Linda Smolak No preview available - 2006 |