Living with Eating Disorders features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a medical expert to help preteens and teenagers feel prepared for dealing with eating disorders during adolescence. Topics include causes and risk factors, complications, tests and diagnosis, treatment methods, coping strategies, and giving and getting support. Throughout the book, Ask Yourself This questions encourage discussion. Features include a selected...

While we often think of eating disorders in their physical sense, they are serious mental illnesses. The sooner someone gets the treatment he or she needs, the better the chance of a good recovery. It is important that we talk about these deadly disorders, and that teens have sources of helpful information. Author Elizabeth Silverthorne provides young readers and researchers a means of understanding these ailments and their ramifications. Readers...

Teens face powerful pressures to look a certain way. Body image is one of the most fragile areas to take hits on, especially if you're not pencil thin or the picture of athletic health. This volume talks candidly about eating disorders. It describes the different types of eating disorders, their prevalence in society, and what research suggests about causes and risk factors for having an eating disorder. Readers will learn how eating disorders are...

"It is normal for people to feel insecure about their bodies sometimes; nobody is perfect. For some people, however, body image can become an obsession, leading to a possible eating disorder. Not eating at all or eating too much are both eating disorders when they occur on a regular basis. Eating disorders are both physical and mental conditions. Thankfully, treatment is available, helping sufferers lead healthier lives. The lives of millions of kids...

Describes the different kinds of eating disorders, what can cause them, and what can be done about them.

Provides important facts about the causes and treatment of eating disorders and discusses attitudes about food and dieting in general.

Como un adolescente que puede estar preocupado sobre la cierta advertencia firma a un amigo expone, su importante de saber reconocer y enfrentar un desorden de comer. Después de todo, la adolescencia es el grupo más impactado para desarrollar desórdenes de comer. Aprenda como las presiones de escuela, datar, y el atletismo contribuyen a publicaciones de imagen de cuerpo y por qué la adolescencia es vulnerable. Explore desórdenes de comer que...

Discusses bulimia, including why some people develop bulimia, how to treat the disorder, and how to eat for a healthy body.