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Author:

Drohan, Michele Ingber.

Title:

Weight-loss programs : weighing the risks and realities / Michele Ingber Drohan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Rosen Pub. Group,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

64 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Eating disorders in adolescence--Treatment--Juvenile literature.
Weight loss--Juvenile literature.
Reducing diets--Juvenile literature.
Body image--Juvenile literature.
Obesity in adolescence--Juvenile literature.
Teenagers--Nutrition--Juvenile literature.
Self-esteem--Juvenile literature.
Weight loss.
Reducing diets.
Eating disorders.
Body image.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- What is a weight-loss program? -- Truth about weight-loss programs -- Why diets don't work -- What is an eating disorder? -- Rebelling against diet culture -- Living a healthy lifestyle -- Glossary.

Summary:

Discusses the relationship between health and diet and examines a variety of commercial weight-loss programs and the health risks that they pose to their members.

Series:

The teen health library of eating disorder prevention

ISBN:

9780823927708
0823927709

LCCN:

98004418

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

63SX755 -- MMCRU-Remsen PreK-8 (Remsen)