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This essential volume characterizes what the different eating disorders are, and offers safe ways to maintain weight control through diet, nutrition, and exercise. The authors discuss body image and social pressures which may cause eating disorders.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 UpFrissell defines and discusses anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating and expounds upon the problems and causes. The importance of body image, thinking patterns, and healthy or unhealthy attitudes and practices toward weight are all dealt with. Central to the presentation is the premise that attitudes and self-esteem are the operative tools in dealing with weight control, but their distortion may lead to harmful consequences. Narratives by teens who have dealt with eating disorders are included. However, each story is broken into separate parts by chapter, making it difficult to retain the continuity of the individual voices. Quizzes to help readers determine their own susceptibilities appear in each chapter. The jagged computer-generated borders and boxes that appear throughout are sometimes distracting. Elizabeth Sirimarco's Eating Disorders (Marshall Cavendish, 1993), Don Nardo's Eating Disorders (Lucent, 1992), and Ben Sonder's Eating Disorders (Watts, 1993) present similar information.Lois McCulley, Wichita Falls High School, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Although the authors warn that no chart has the correct answer for everyone, readers are likely to fixate on the body mass index chart included, which places a five-foot one-inch adolescent weighing 110 pounds as being at risk for obesity. Otherwise, the book provides valuable and clear information on healthy weight loss, helping friends with eating disorders, self-esteem, stress, and the overwhelming cultural pressure on girls to be thin. Bib., glos., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Gr. 7-10. Stating that they will be "looking at eating disorders as learned psychological patterns a person uses to help him or her deal with life," Frissell and Harney discuss anorexia, bulimia, and binge purge disorders as well as general weight control issues, and offer strategies for addressing them in a healthy, realistic manner. Interspersed with multiple-choice quizzes that allow teens to discover how they react to a variety of self-esteem and food control issues, chapters focus on the psychological causes and effects of self-concept, body image, and societal expectations on weight control. While the authors mention that eating disorders are suffered by both males and females, adults and teens, they naturally focus on teenage young women, the most severely affected population. Stressing that medical programs designed to help those suffering from eating disorders "will not try to `fatten up' anyone," Frissell and Harney also offer information about symptoms as well as organizations that give treatment and support. Chapter notes, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography round out an excellent resource about an all-too-prevalent consequence of our weight-conscious society. (Reviewed April 15, 1998)0894909193Frances Bradburn
