eating disorders

Fourteen-year-old Max doesn't like to eat, and he confesses his feelings about Ana---also known as his eating disorder, anorexia--in a journal that his therapist makes him keep. When he hides his journal in a geocache box, someone finds it and starts writing to him, signing it with "E." Although Max is unsure of the secret writer's identity,he takes comfort in the words that appear in his journal as they continually confide in one another about their problems. And when his parents begin having trouble and the family is on verge of splitting up, Max's eating disorder intensifies and he feels himself losing control.

Explains about eating disorders and the challenges faced by people struggling with this disorder.

"Growing up in New York City in the shadow of her mother, a famous prima ballerina, Clara has never felt good about her body. Now, at sixteen, she has orthorexia -- an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating. Clare escapes for the summer to Paris to stay with her estranged dad, her stepmom, and her six-year-old brother Alastair, who is on the autism spectrum"--Back cover.

While individual women can focus on cultivating a healthy body image, it is important for young women to analyze how the media and others encourage unhealthy perceptions of what women's bodies are supposed to look like.

This book brings together information from academic and governmental sources on every aspect of overweight, obesity, and eating disorders, including their prevalence in the United States.

Explains what an eating disorder is, what causes it, how it affects daily life, possible treatments, and how people overcome it or learn to live with it.

"Nineteen-year-old Danny returns home after a disastrous first semester of college as a pre-med student and struggles with first love, grief, identity, and self-destructive behavior"--.

"Discusses eating disorders, including risk factors, causes, symptoms, history, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and coping"--Provided by publisher.

"Constantly in the spotlight thanks to her politician father's rising star, Olivia Blakely feels the pressure to be perfect. As the youngest girl in her class, she tries hard to keep up and to seem mature to the older boy she's crushing on, even as she catches his eye. But the need to look good on camera and at school soon grows into an all-consuming struggle with bulimia"--OCLC.

Provides guidance needed by school staff to spot earling warning signs and triggers of self-harm and eating disorders in students, and how education professionals can effectively support students in their care.