Lying in Weight - The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women

A girl with an eating disorder grows up. And then what? In this groundbreaking book, science journalist Trisha Gura explodes the myth that those who suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are primarily teenage girls. In truth, twenty-five to thirty million American women twenty-five and older suffer from serious food issues, from obsessions with calorie counting to compulsions to starve then overeat. These diseases often linger from adolescence or emerge anew in the lives of adult women in ways that we are only now starting to recognize. Drawing on her own experience with anorexia, as well as the most up-to-date research and extensive interviews with clinicians and sufferers, Gura presents a startling, timely, and imperative investigation of eating disorders "all grown up," and offers hope through understanding.

Product details

• Authors: Trisha Gura
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2008
• EAN: 9780060761493
• ISBN: 978-0-06-076149-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Psychology, History of Medicine, Social, group or collective psychology, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Diets and dieting, nutrition, Diseases and disorders, Psychiatric and mental disorders, SELF-HELP: General, HISTORY: Women, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss, PSYCHOLOGY: History, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, MEDICAL: Mental Health, SELF-HELP: Eating Disorders & Body Image, MEDICAL: Diseases, MEDICAL: History, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diet & Nutrition / Macrobiotics, Coping with / advice about eating disorders, Coping with / advice about body image issues