Coping with Eating Disorders and Body Image
by Christine Craggs-Hinton
Eating disorders affect more than one million people in the UK, according to the Eating Disorders Association, mostly women, and often involve distorted body image. The increase in eating disorders has been blamed on media emphasis on super-thin models and ideal bodies, but the causes of eating disorders are often more complex and are linked to low self-esteem and issues of control.
Distorted body image can impact on eating habits to an alarming degree. This book looks at anorexia, bulimia, compulsive over-eating, and body dysmorphic disorder, within the context of general body image and self-perception. It covers the health risks of poor eating, and looks at a range of treatments. The real quest is not to be thin, but to accept your body and yourself as you are, says this author.
Christine Craggs-Hinton is an established Sheldon author. She is the author of Living with Fibromyalgia, The Chronic Fatigue Healing Diet, Coping with Gout, and the ground-breaking How to Beat Pain: techniques that work, which introduces trigger point therapy.
128pp
216 x 138 mm
ISBN: 978-0-85969-966-2
Price: £7.99
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