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Discusses various aspects of eating disorders.

Contains information, primary source quotes, and illustrated facts and statistics about teenage eating disorders, covering different types of disorders, reasons they are developed, related dangers, and how they can be overcome.

Examines the issue of eating disorders, specifically for girls, discussing causes, recovery, and prevention.

Presents information about changing trends, up-to-date scientific analysis, and a look at controversies surrounding healthy weight for teens.

Examines such eating disorders as bulimia and anorexia nervosa and discusses possible causes and available treatment.

A comprehensive guide to eating disorders, discussing their causes, symptoms, and solutions.

Discusses weight control, body image, and eating disorders including the social pressures which may cause them; presents information about diet, nutrition, and exercise.

Describes the causes, effects, warning signs, and treatment of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive eating disorder, presenting comments from young people who have struggled with them.

Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief, as well as her own.

Contains fifteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to eating disorders, and covers the risks for adolescent girls, boys, and middle-aged women; the media and popular culture's influence; and pro-eating disorder websites; and provides quick facts, contact information for organizations, and a reading list.

After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder.

Jessica Weiner chronicles her struggles to overcome low self esteem, depression, and an eating disorder, and shares how she finally began to accept her body and begin appreciating and enjoying life.

Presents information about eating disorders and stories about real people who struggle with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.

Unable to control his binge eating, a morbidly obese teenager nicknamed Butter decides to make a live webcast of his last meal as he attempts to eat himself to death.