Books with title Eating Disordrs

This series provides users with accessible information for evaluating the often conflicting and ever-changing issues surrounding nutrition and healthy living.; This title in Lucent’s Nutrition and Health series talks about eating disorders. It describes the different types of eating disorders, their prevalence in society, what research suggests about causes and risk factors for having an eating disorder, how eating disorders are treated, the likelihood of recovery, and how people with eating disorders live with the disorder.; Individual volumes focus on a specific health or nutrition-related topic, such as body image, diets and dieting, junk food, or vegetarianism. Each contains a topic overview, information about changing trends, up-to-date scientific analysis, and a look at controversies surrounding the featured subject. The narrative also contains personal anecdotes, informative sidebars, fact boxes, and statistics that help readers understand these topics and how they impact their bodies and their lives. Full-color photographs and detailed tables, charts, graphs and illustrations complement and enhance the text, while ancillary materials such as a glossary, a bibliography and a subject index provide useful tools for further research and discussion.