Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 364 pages
- Published by: For Dummies
- Edition: 1st Edition March 4, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0470225491
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470225493
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 14.9 ounces
Book Description
Eating Disorders For Dummies serves as a comprehensive, practical guide for sufferers and their loved ones covering anorexia, bulimia, and other disorders/syndromes such as binging and night eating syndrome. It shows readers how to access the latest treatment techniques, deal with eating and exercise in and out of the home, find a good therapist, and take charge of ensuring recovery. It also explores issues like depression and anxiety and includes questionnaires, checklists for ongoing evaluation, and charts for monitoring and developing positive eating patterns.
Back Cover Copy
Find out how to set yourself on a sound and successful path of recovery Find treatment and support and regain control of your life Think you — or someone you love — has an eating disorder? This practical, reassuring guide explains anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder in plain English, as well as other disorders such as bigorexia and compulsive exercising. Informative checklists help you determine if you are suffering from an eating disorder, as well as the serious medical impacts. You'll see how to find the right therapist, evaluate the latest treatments, and support your — or your loved one's — recovery in day-to-day living.
Discover how to: -
Identify the warning signs -
Recognize companion disorders and addictions -
Handle anxiety and emotional eating -
Survive setbacks -
Approach someone about getting treatment -
Treat disorders in men, children, or the elderly
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