Eating disorders and obesity : a comprehensive handbook / edited by Christopher G. Fairburn, Kelly D. Brownell.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; London : Guilford, [2005]Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxi, 633 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9781593852368 (pbk.) :
- 9781593852368
- 616.8526 FAI
- RC552.E18 E2825 2005
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This ed. originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic regulation of eating and body weight--Psychological and social factors, dieting and body image--Measurement methods--Clinical characterisitics of eating disorders--Epidemiology and etiology of eating disorders--Medical and physical aspects of eating disorders--Treatment and prevention of eating disorders--Clinical characteristics of obesity--Epidemiology, etiology, and course of obesity--Medical aspects of obesity and weight loss--Treatment and prevention of obesity.
In a fully revised and expanded second edition, this handbook presents virtually all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity in a comprehensive and authoritative manner.