Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth : assessment, prevention, and treatment /

Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth : assessment, prevention, and treatment / edited by Linda Smolak and J. Kevin Thompson.

The physical and mental health consequences of body image problems, eating disorders, and obesity in children and adolescents can be serious and can extend into adulthood. But as the empirical data presented in this second edition of a this volume show, these disorders are preventable and treatable....

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Corporate Author: American Psychological Association.
Other Authors: Smolak, Linda, 1951-, Thompson, J. Kevin.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2009]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Eating disorders in adolescence.
Body image in adolescence.
Body image disturbance.
Obesity in adolescence.
Table of Contents:
  • Early parental influence and risk for the emergence of disordered eating / Jennifer O. Fisher, Meghan M. Sinton, and Leann L. Birch
  • Defining eating disorders in children / Beth Watkins and Bryan Lask
  • Body image in girls / Eleanor H. Wertheim, Susan J. Paxton, and Simone Blaney
  • Body image in preadolescent boys / Lina A. Ricciardelli [and others]
  • Overweight, eating behaviors, and body image in ethnically diverse youth / Debra L. Franko and Jessica B. Edwards George
  • Cross-cultural issues in body image among children and adolescents / Eileen Anderson-Fye
  • Risk factors in the development of body image, eating problems, and obesity / Linda Smolak
  • Proximal causes and behaviors associated with pediatric obesity / Eve Kutchman [and others]
  • Assessment of body image in children and adolescents / Tovah Yanover and J. Kevin Thompson
  • Assessment of eating disturbances in children and adolescents / Drew A. Anderson [and others]
  • Recent developments and promising directions in the prevention of negative body image and disordered eating in children and adolescents / Michael P. Levine and Linda Smolak.
  • Obesity prevention : strategies to improve effectiveness and reduce harm / Katherine W. Bauer, Jess Haines, and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
  • Treatment of eating disorders in childhood and adolescence / Steffanie Sperry, Megan Roehrig, and J. Kevin Thompson
  • Behavioral treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity / Myles S. Faith, Julia Kerns, and Lisa Diewald
  • Plastic surgery for children and adolescents / David B. Sarwer, Alison L. Infield, and Canice E. Crerand.

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