Eating Disorders category: 671 books

If you are overweight or obese, it's not your fault - and this book will prove it to you. For far too long now, our experts have been basing their advice on what the New York Times recently described as "A very weak kind of science". Current nutrition and weight loss advice is actually making...

Despite the gains of the women’s movement, women are still judged by what they look like--and men, by what they do. Fat--A Fate Worse Than Death? offers hardy resistance to the narrow, random, and irrational appearance standards set for American women through an approach that is personal, eclectic,...

Immer mehr Frauen kämpfen heute gegen Magersucht und Bulimie. Anita Johnston zeigt, wie die Betroffenen durch das Eintauchen in die Welt der Märchen und Mythen ihren eigenen Körper, ihre Lebensgeschichte und ihre Gefühle neu wahrnehmen können. Sie entdecken dabei die Wurzel ihrer Ess-Störung...

The secret key to losing weight … easily! Train your brain and say goodbye to diets … forever! You think losing weight is all about diet and exercise. You think: “If only I could just stick to that diet, resist the carbs and exercise daily, I would lose weight! But I am too weak and don’t have...

Here’s the skinny: After a lifetime of yo-yo dieting with pills, hypnosis, and ill-informed half-measures, Carol Lay finally shed her excess pounds and kept them off. Now this California cartoonist shares her experiences in a funny, genuine, and eye-popping graphic memoir that tells Carol’s story and shows you how you can do it, too.

How can you eat as much as you desire, while staying slim and attractive for life, enjoying good health and youthful vitality? How can you regain your good health and maintain it indefinitely? How can you prolong your life as much as you desire? These are essential questions, and you should always...

This volume brings together behavioral, medical, and public health approaches and provides the knowledge necessary for a wide range of practitioners to effectively address the current obesity epidemic among children and adolescents. The book addresses several themes in pediatric and adolescent obesity....

Are you one of those people who would love to stay attractive and slim for ages and ages, but you truly hate doing those hard and exhausting workouts at the gym? Then you are in luck to have finally found the source of knowledge that will give you the solution you've been looking for.  HOW...

L’anorexie et la boulimie sont deux comportements situés à des pôles opposés d’une même activité, celle qui consiste à s’alimenter : l’un de ces comportements, l’anorexie est caractérisé par une volonté inflexible de ne pas se nourrir même lorsqu’il y a sensation de faim, tandis...

À la veille de mes trente ans, je recommence tout doucement à vivre. Je sens qu'il est temps de mettre des mots sur ce que j,ai vécu pendant quatre longues années au plus profond de mon être. Cet ouvrage a été écrit tout d'abord pour moi. Il est denature cathatique : des paroles pour m'apaiser,...

How to Combat Obesity and Live the Full and Happy Life You Deserve Want to lose weight, but don't know where to begin to make a big difference and FAST? This step-by-step REALISTIC plan will help you on your way. Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in...

Anorexia and bulimia are misunderstood and potentially life-threatening conditions which are increasing at an alarming rate. Anorexia affects menstruation, emotional and psychological development and fertility. Bulimia, due to the compulsive vomiting and purging, can cause permanent damage to the digestive system.

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.