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Handbook of eating disorders. Physiology, psychology, and treatment of obesity, anorexia, and bulimia
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JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE Vol. 8, No. 3
Ithaca, NY 14851).
ers, and others who participate in the care of patients with eating disorders.
This short guide was designed to help teenagers seek help for themselves or recognize a crisis in their friends and respond appropriately. It includes a wallet card with emergency numbers for the specific locality. This is a nice model for local suicide-prevention efforts.
Boston Children’s Hospital, Baker, S., Henry, R. R. Parents’ Guide to Nutrition. Healthy Eating From Birth Through Adolescent:. Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1986.371 pp. $16.95. ISBN O-201-05729-8.
for Teenagers.
1986. $0.75. (P.0.
BOX 312.
EA?‘liVCDlSORDERSfNUTRlTlON Abraham, S, QeLlewellyn-Jones, D. Earing Disorders. The hcts. New York, Oxford University Press, 1984. 162 pp. $12.95. ISBN Q-19-3861459-2. This handbook was written by two Australian gynccologists for health practitioners but the level of sophistication is suitable for educators, nutritionists, other professionals, and the educated general public. The emphasis is on medical-biological rather than psychosocial aspects. The authors first review adolescent eating behavior and body image then present overviews of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and obesity. They provide generic discussions of the causation, diagnostic evaluation, and management of eating disorders using many case examples and describe the interaction of eating disorders and sexuality. They include more detailed information about each of the three disorders. Potentially, health professionals would find more benefit from these later chapters while others would gain sufficient insight from the overview chapters.
Anderson, A. B. Practical Comprehensive Treatment of Anor&u and Bulimia. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, I!%!%207 pp. $28.50, ISBN O-8018-2442-7. The author is a psychiatrist with eight years experience developing and running an eating disorders treatment program. He describes a decade of changes in the understanding of eating disorders and their diagnosis, epidemioIogy, physiologic consequences, and treatment, and includes classic papers on anorexia nervosa by Morton, . He next discusses sociocultural trends o centuries as they affected eating attitudes and behaviors. Following overviews of anorexia and bulimia, he provides detailed reviews of inpatient and outpatient treatment by multidisciplinary teams as well as im iments to treatment. Additional chapters discuss family and marital therapy, anorexia in males, pregnancy and fertility in eating disorders, the author’s experience as a consultant, and answers to commonly asked questions about these disorders. The text includes a list of hospitaLbased treatment programs and national support orgamzations. This is an excellent handbook for trainees in many professions as welI as nutritionists, social work-
This reference guide was prepared by the hospital’s health-information department assisted by a pediatriciannutritionist and director of nutrition services. Following an overview of sociocultural factors affecting food habits, the text provides information about the basic nutrients, at times with rather detailed tables that may be difficult for average parents to understand. Chapters are devoted to nutritional needs and typical feeding problems through the child’s life cycle. There are many practical suggestions for nutritious snacks, school lunches, children fixing their own meals, fast-food meals, traveling with children, and microwave meals. There are discussions of alternative diets, the special challenges of feeding children with a variety of acute and chronic disorders, and the common nutrition-related diseases. Detailed recommendations are offered for selection, preparation, and storage of food, understanding of food labeling, consideration of food additives, and response to common myths about nutrition. This guide could be helpful for adolescents as well as parents who wish to learn more about many aspects of nutrition.
Brownell, K. D., Poreyt, J. P. (editors). H~dbuuk of Eating Disorders. Physiology, Psychology, and Treat:::cnt of Obesity, Anorexia, and Bulimia. New York, Basic Books, 1986, 529 pp. $35.00. ISBN O-465-02862-4. State-of-the-art discussions by internationally known experts are collected in this extensive text. Part I reviews the health effects of obesity, physiology of weight and energy regulation, theories of obesity and psychological factors in overeating, and approaches to weight reduction. Part II reviews the medical, physiological, cultural, and psychological aspects of anorexia nervosa, its diagnosis, outcome, and prognosis, and inpatient and outpatient treatment. Part III offers sociocultural perspectives on bulimia and discussions of etiologic theories, health consequences, clinical features, assessment, and therapy. The editors conclude with a summary integration of themes common to these eating disorders. This text is most useful as a reference for those who actively treat patients with one or more of these disorders.
Cohen, S. A. (editor). The Underweight infant, Child, and Adolescent. Norwalk, CT, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1986. 333 pp. $55.00. ISBN O-8385-92803.
RESOURCE REVIEWS
Sui&
&vention
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE Vol. 8, No. 3
Ithaca, NY 14851).
ers, and others who participate in the care of patients with eating disorders.
This short guide was designed to help teenagers seek help for themselves or recognize a crisis in their friends and respond appropriately. It includes a wallet card with emergency numbers for the specific locality. This is a nice model for local suicide-prevention efforts.
Boston Children’s Hospital, Baker, S., Henry, R. R. Parents’ Guide to Nutrition. Healthy Eating From Birth Through Adolescent:. Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1986.371 pp. $16.95. ISBN O-201-05729-8.
for Teenagers.
1986. $0.75. (P.0.
BOX 312.
EA?‘liVCDlSORDERSfNUTRlTlON Abraham, S, QeLlewellyn-Jones, D. Earing Disorders. The hcts. New York, Oxford University Press, 1984. 162 pp. $12.95. ISBN Q-19-3861459-2. This handbook was written by two Australian gynccologists for health practitioners but the level of sophistication is suitable for educators, nutritionists, other professionals, and the educated general public. The emphasis is on medical-biological rather than psychosocial aspects. The authors first review adolescent eating behavior and body image then present overviews of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and obesity. They provide generic discussions of the causation, diagnostic evaluation, and management of eating disorders using many case examples and describe the interaction of eating disorders and sexuality. They include more detailed information about each of the three disorders. Potentially, health professionals would find more benefit from these later chapters while others would gain sufficient insight from the overview chapters.
Anderson, A. B. Practical Comprehensive Treatment of Anor&u and Bulimia. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, I!%!%207 pp. $28.50, ISBN O-8018-2442-7. The author is a psychiatrist with eight years experience developing and running an eating disorders treatment program. He describes a decade of changes in the understanding of eating disorders and their diagnosis, epidemioIogy, physiologic consequences, and treatment, and includes classic papers on anorexia nervosa by Morton, . He next discusses sociocultural trends o centuries as they affected eating attitudes and behaviors. Following overviews of anorexia and bulimia, he provides detailed reviews of inpatient and outpatient treatment by multidisciplinary teams as well as im iments to treatment. Additional chapters discuss family and marital therapy, anorexia in males, pregnancy and fertility in eating disorders, the author’s experience as a consultant, and answers to commonly asked questions about these disorders. The text includes a list of hospitaLbased treatment programs and national support orgamzations. This is an excellent handbook for trainees in many professions as welI as nutritionists, social work-
This reference guide was prepared by the hospital’s health-information department assisted by a pediatriciannutritionist and director of nutrition services. Following an overview of sociocultural factors affecting food habits, the text provides information about the basic nutrients, at times with rather detailed tables that may be difficult for average parents to understand. Chapters are devoted to nutritional needs and typical feeding problems through the child’s life cycle. There are many practical suggestions for nutritious snacks, school lunches, children fixing their own meals, fast-food meals, traveling with children, and microwave meals. There are discussions of alternative diets, the special challenges of feeding children with a variety of acute and chronic disorders, and the common nutrition-related diseases. Detailed recommendations are offered for selection, preparation, and storage of food, understanding of food labeling, consideration of food additives, and response to common myths about nutrition. This guide could be helpful for adolescents as well as parents who wish to learn more about many aspects of nutrition.
Brownell, K. D., Poreyt, J. P. (editors). H~dbuuk of Eating Disorders. Physiology, Psychology, and Treat:::cnt of Obesity, Anorexia, and Bulimia. New York, Basic Books, 1986, 529 pp. $35.00. ISBN O-465-02862-4. State-of-the-art discussions by internationally known experts are collected in this extensive text. Part I reviews the health effects of obesity, physiology of weight and energy regulation, theories of obesity and psychological factors in overeating, and approaches to weight reduction. Part II reviews the medical, physiological, cultural, and psychological aspects of anorexia nervosa, its diagnosis, outcome, and prognosis, and inpatient and outpatient treatment. Part III offers sociocultural perspectives on bulimia and discussions of etiologic theories, health consequences, clinical features, assessment, and therapy. The editors conclude with a summary integration of themes common to these eating disorders. This text is most useful as a reference for those who actively treat patients with one or more of these disorders.
Cohen, S. A. (editor). The Underweight infant, Child, and Adolescent. Norwalk, CT, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1986. 333 pp. $55.00. ISBN O-8385-92803.