Description: What is an eating disorder? What are the symptoms? How are eating disorders treated? Learn about the most common eating disordersanorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorderwhich affect as many as 70 million people worldwide. The book includes practical sidebars and chapters highlight individuals who struggle with these disorders. Because eating disorders affect so many children and teens, this book is a must-have for every young adult collection.
Review Quotes: Eating disorders are good examples of psychological disorders that are not produced by genetic inheritance, infectious organisms, or environmental toxins. It is most likely that they result from influences from our social environment. This book on eating disorders is part of series called Disease Updates. The focus here is on three conditions: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder. As the authors note, "Eating disorders often start with the desire to be thin and dieting that gradually becomes more extreme."