Real Life Issues: Eating Disorders

Eating disorders can wreck lives and should be nipped in the bud; what may start out as a need to fit in and feel in control can escalate into hospitalisation.  An eating disorder is normally a cover-up for another problem that can be tackled through other means such as counselling or therapy.  If you are struggling with your attitude to food or know a friend who is, then this book can give you the facts you need to confront the situation.

Real Life Issue: Eating Disorders looks at the subject from a medical viewpoint and explains the damage that an eating disorder, be it anorexia, bulimia or binging, can do to your body.  It includes:

• What is an eating disorder?  Defining the problem
• Eating and the body - hunger and satisfaction and food as energy
• Different body shapes - love the way you are
• Quizzes on your attitude to food and eating
• How to get help - resources to turn to.

Real Life Issues are self-help guides offering information and advice on a range of key issues that matter to teenagers. Each book defines the issue, probes the reader's experience of it and offers ways of understanding and coping with it. Written in a lively and accessible style, Real Life Issues aim to demystify the areas that teenagers find hard to talk about, providing honest facts, practical advice, inspirational quotes, positive reassurance, and guidance towards specialist help.