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Title:
Dying to be thin [videorecording] / a Nova production by Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. for WGBH/Boston ; written, produced, and directed by Larkin McPhee.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
WGBH Video,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Eating disorders--United States.
Anorexia nervosa.
Bulimia.
Body image in women.
Body image in adolescence.
Body image disturbance.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Authors:
McPhee, Larkin. drt aus drt
Sarandon, Susan, 1946- nrt
Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Titles:
Nova (Television program)
Notes:
Videodisc release of a 2000 television production. Special DVD ROM features: with web access can access PDF teaching materials online, and link to NOVA website.
Summary:
Documentary on anorexia nervosa and bulimia, eating disorders that have grown increasingly prevalent in contemporary American society. Experts in the field discuss some of their underlying causes (especially cultural pressures to be thin), their physiological and psychological effects, and some medical and therapeutic treatments that have been developed. The interviewees include patients representing particularly vulnerable groups: young women from troubled families, dancers, fashion models, and athletes.
ISBN:
9781593751685
1593751680
OCLC:
(OCoLC)55232645
UPC:
783421290495
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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