The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders

The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders
Author: Dana K. Cassell
Publisher: Facts on File
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2000
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780816040421

Covers the most common varieties of eating disorders including obesity, anorexia, and bulimia and examines the social, and psychological problems associated with each disorder.

Encyclopedia of Obesity

Encyclopedia of Obesity
Author: Kathleen Keller
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1041
Release: 2008-01-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1412952387

Obesity is a serious health issue and is a key discussion and research point in several disciplines from the social sciences to the health sciences and even in physical education. This text is a much-needed authoritative reference source covering major issues of, and relating to, obesity.

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders
Author: Justine J. Reel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2013-01-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

A timely, relevant work, this encyclopedia provides a comprehensive examination of a full range of topics related to eating disorders and body image. The mortality rate associated with eating disorders is higher than that of any other psychiatric illness. What are the factors that influence abnormal perceptions of body image and trigger the deadly behaviors of food deprivation or uncontrollable gluttony? This indispensable resource thoroughly examines the complex subject of eating disorders, particularly the sociocultural, psychological, and nutritional aspects of eating disorders and body image. Eating Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Causes, Treatment, and Prevention explores the definitions, risk factors, symptoms, and health consequences of such illnesses as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. The author discusses the assessment and treatment of these conditions, and imparts health education strategies related to the "Dos and Don'ts" of awareness and prevention efforts. Additionally, she shares tips for recognizing symptoms and discusses where to seek help if a friend or family member is affected. Topics include flight attendants and body weight requirements, the impact of Virtual Reality, and media and sociocultural influences.

Obesity, Eating Disorders and the Media

Obesity, Eating Disorders and the Media
Author: Dr Karin Eli
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2014-09-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1472404688

How do the media represent obesity and eating disorders? How are these representations related to one another? And how do the news media select which scientific findings and policy decisions to report? Multi-disciplinary in approach, Obesity, Eating Disorders and the Media presents critical new perspectives on media representations of obesity and eating disorders, with analyses of print, online, and televisual media framings. Exploring abjection and alarm as the common themes linking media framings of obesity and eating disorders, Obesity, Eating Disorders and the Media shows how the media similarly position these conditions as dangerous extremes of body size and food practice. The volume then investigates how news media selectively cover and represent science and policy concerning obesity and eating disorders, with close attention to the influence of pre-existing framings alongside institutional and moral agendas. A rich, comprehensive analysis of media framings of obesity and eating disorders - as embodied conditions, complex disorders, public health concerns, and culturally significant phenomena - this volume will be of interest to scholars and students across the social sciences and all those interested in understanding cultural aspects of obesity and eating disorders.

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Eating Disorders and Obesity
Author: Christopher G. Fairburn
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2005-07-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1593852363

This unique handbook presents and integrates virtually all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity in one authoritative, accessible, and eminently practical volume. From leading international authorities, 112 concise chapters encapsulate the latest information on all pertinent topics, from biological, psychological, and social processes associated with risk, to clinical methods for assessment and intervention. The contents are organized to highlight areas of overlap between lines of research that often remain disparate. Suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter replace extended references and enhance the practical value and readability of the volume.

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Eating Disorders and Obesity
Author: Phillipa Hay
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-05-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3038979988

Eating Disorders have traditionally been considered apart from public health concerns about increasing obesity. It is evident that these problems are, however, related in important ways. Comorbid obesity and eating disorder is increasing at a faster rate than either obesity or eating disorders alone and one in five people with obesity also presents with an Eating Disorder, commonly but not limited to Binge Eating Disorder. New disorders have emerged such as normal weight or Atypical Anorexia Nervosa. However research and practice too often occurs in parallel with a failure to understand the weight disorder spectrum and consequences of co-morbidity that then contributes to poorer outcomes for people living with a larger size and an Eating Disorder. Urgently needed are trials that will inform more effective assessment, treatment and care where body size and eating disorder symptoms are both key to the research question.

Eating Disorders and Obesity, Third Edition

Eating Disorders and Obesity, Third Edition
Author: Kelly D. Brownell
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2018-03-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462536093

Acclaimed for its encyclopedic coverage, this is the only handbook that synthesizes current knowledge and clinical practices in the fields of both eating disorders and obesity. Like the prior editions, the significantly revised third edition features more than 100 concise, focused chapters with lists of key readings in place of extended references. All aspects of eating disorders and obesity are addressed by foremost clinical researchers: classification, causes, consequences, risk factors, and pathophysiology, as well as prevention, treatment, assessment, and diagnosis. ÿ New to This Edition *Reflects 15 years of important advances in both fields, including state-of-the-art intervention approaches and a growing focus on how the brain regulates eating behavior. *Dozens of entirely new chapters. *New topics: epigenetics, body weight and neurocognitive function, stress and emotion regulation, the gut microbiome, surgical devices for obesity, food labeling and marketing, and more. *Expanded coverage of prevention and policy.

Diets and Dieting

Diets and Dieting
Author: Sander L. Gilman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2008-01-23
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1135870675

Diets and dieting have concerned – and sometimes obsessed – human societies for centuries. The dieters' regime is about many things, among them the control of weight and the body, the politics of beauty, discipline and even self-harm, personal and societal demands for improved health, spiritual harmony with the universe, and ethical codes of existence. In this innovative reference work that spans many periods and cultures, the acclaimed cultural and medical historian Sander L. Gilman lays out the history of diets and dieting in a fascinating series of articles.