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In a review for Undark Magazine Frieda Klotz placed the book in a wider context of previous views on anorexia, writing that "Freeman’s book brings to the genre a blend of humor, humanity, and reporting driven by a very personal curiosity" before concluding that "even experience cannot fully illuminate the condition". [22]
Eating disorders (EDs) are characterized by abnormal and disturbed eating patterns that affect the lives of the individuals who worry about their weight to the extreme. These abnormal eating patterns involve either inadequate or excessive food intake, affecting the individual's physical and mental health.
Anorexia affects about 0.4% and bulimia affects about 1.3% of young women in a given year. [1] Up to 4% of women have anorexia, 2% have bulimia, and 2% have binge eating disorder at some point in time. [10] Anorexia and bulimia occur nearly ten times more often in females than males. [1] Typically, they begin in late childhood or early ...
[3] [failed verification] It received mixed reviews from critics, with Kirkus Reviews praising the book's portrayal of Kessa's therapist, but criticizing the protagonist's "less-than-convincing interior monologues" and the plot ending that "promises a bit too zippy a cure, and certainly doesn't furnish the eye-opening epiphany required for ...
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders. [1] Published by HarperCollins in 1997, Wasted was a critical and commercial success. The author's young age (she wrote the book at the age of 21) surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised ...
Summer's Dream is a preteen/teen novel published in 2012 by Cathy Cassidy. [1] The first-person narrative follows a girl named Summer Tanberry, who dreams of going to ballet school and is willing to sacrifice everything to make that dream come true. She soon becomes anorexic.
An anorectic is a drug that reduces appetite, resulting in lower food consumption, leading to weight loss. [1] These substances work by affecting the central nervous system or certain neurotransmitters to create a feeling of fullness or reduce the desire to eat.
A comparison of family to individual therapy was conducted with eighty anorexia patients. The study showed family therapy to be the more effective approach in patients under 18 and within 3 years of the onset of their illness. [1] Subsequent research confirmed the efficacy of family-based treatment for teens with anorexia nervosa.