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An estimated six million people have eating disorders - a complex disease that has no one cause, which involves biological, social, and emotional problems, and in which the pressure to be thin plays a major role. This program from The Doctor Is In covers the personality profiles of those likeliest to develop anorexia, explains their perceived need to be thin and inability to acknowledge that they are thin enough, shows how anorexia develops and demonstrates...
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Those with eating disorders have an unhealthy relationship with the food they eat; the disorders are often connected to issues of fitness and body image. Dealing with Eating Disorders explores what these disorders are like, how they affect people's lives, and today's best treatment options.
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Examines the challenges faced by children and families dealing with various types of eating disorders. Explores symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment options. Includes a glossary, sidebars, text-dependent questions for each section, research project ideas, and color photographs.
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Contains twelve essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to eating disorders, and covers the risks for adolescent girls, boys, and middle-aged women; the media and popular culture's influence; and pro-eating disorder websites; and provides quick facts, contact information for organizations, and a reading list.
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Explains how to recognize eating disorders, how friends and loved ones should communicate their fears and concerns, and how those who suffer from these often fatal illnesses can find professional help. Special emphasis is placed on identifying anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating as actual diseases, not as misguided lifestyle choices -- a realization necessary for effective treatment.
10) Eating disorders
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Examines various eating disorders, their symptoms and manifestations, how they can be controlled and treated, and what it is like to live with an eating disorder.
11) Eating disorders
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A discussion of eating disorders, explaining what they are, looking at different types of eating problems, encouraging young people to seek help from a trusted adult, and providing coping strategies.
12) Eating disorders
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Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa-two conditions rooted in the desire to be slim-are the focus of this program. While the first deprives the body of food, the other causes its victims to compulsively purge food through vomiting. Two women who suffer with these conditions tell poignant stories of how these compulsive behaviors have nearly destroyed their lives and the lives of their respective families. An expert explains the specialized approach...
13) Eating disorders
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Describes eating disorders and the people they affect, covering the characteristics and dangers of eating disorders, causes and risks, treatments, and how to live with an eating disorder.
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Whether they're viewed from a behavioral standpoint or from a profound psychological perspective, one thing is clear-eating disorders stress the body's systems and put individuals at increased risk for disease, infertility, organ failure, and death. This video pinpoints the dangers of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and other eating disorders, exploring their possible causes as well as ways to overcome them. Showing how food consumption (or avoidance...
17) Eating disorders
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Provides an overview of the issues that surround the different types of eating disorders including causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.