Eating disorders: the ultimate teen guide

Prologue: Eating disorder issues and attitudes -- Eating to extremes: mental disorder or lifestyle choice? -- It starts in your head: the science of mood, compulsion, and addiction -- Keys that turn the lock: complex and combined forces at work -- Let's dish on the past: the origins of extreme eating -- Boys get hungry, too: culture wars on perfect bodies -- Appetite for destruction: from habit to compulsion -- Truth and consequences: the ultimate cost of food obsession -- Who can you call? Practical advice that may help -- It gets better from here: intervention and treatment -- Finding balance: the healthy weigh to recovery -- Epilogue: What recovery looks like.;Focuses on issues and attitude that concern teenagers about eating behaviors. Shows the road signs that lead to full-blown eating disorders, and determines who is most susceptible to developing one. Explains the consequences of long-term malnutrition, food abuse, and obesity, and takes a look at the process of recovery.