Straight Talk About Eating Disorders [Hardcover]

Michael Maloney (Author), Rachel Kranz (Author)

Book Description

Series: Straight Talk | Publication Date: April 1991

Describes compulsive eating, bulimia, and anorexia and discusses the mixed messages given to women and girls about eating, weight, diet, and looks, and how these messages can be destructive.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up-- Joining a burgeoning array of books about the subject, this title addresses the topic in a matter-of-fact, competently written manner. Looking first at society's mixed messages about food and weight, Maloney and Kranz then treat the biology of weight and hunger, following with a closer look at compulsive eating, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia. The final chapters center on recommendations for resolving the problem and, finally, a list of places where help may be sought. With more detail about societal views of weight than most other works, the book also has an easily understood explanation of hunger and its relationship to weight. Composite representative narratives are used as examples of teens having the disorder under discussion. Lists of signs of anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive eating make the work a good candidate for reports. For a history of eating disorders, Epstein's Eating Habits and Disorders (Chelsea, 1989) is useful . S imilar information may be obtained from the Silversteins' So You Think You're Fat (HarperCollins, 1991) and Landau's Weight: A Teenage Concern (Lodestar, 1991). --Lois McCulley, Wichita Falls High School, TX
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Facts on File (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816024146
• ISBN-13: 978-0816024148
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,333,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)