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Fat Chance is a 1994 young adult novel written by Lesléa Newman.The book centers on a 13-year-old girl named Judi Liebowitz, who develops bulimia to try to lose weight. The novel was published by Putnam Press between 1994–2004 and by Scholastic starting in 2004.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. Mental illness characterized by abnormal eating habits that adversely affect health Medical condition Eating disorder Specialty Psychiatry, clinical psychology Symptoms Abnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health Complications Anxiety disorders, depression ...
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 ...
NEDA holds "National Eating Disorder Awareness Week" annually during the last week of February. [7] [8] It has hosted charity walks for eating disorder awareness in various U.S. cities. [9] [10] In 2012, NEDA launched Proud2BMe, a website aimed at teenagers to promote positive body image and healthy eating. [11]
Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body, 2009. Various. Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression, Aunt Lute Books, 1995. Frater, Lara. Fat Chicks Rule!: How To Survive in a Thin-Centric World, Gamble Guides, 2005. Farrell Erdman, Amy. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture ...
"Fat" is the preferred term within the fat acceptance movement. [112] Fat activists have reclaimed the term as a neutral descriptor in order to work against the stigma typically associated with the term. [108] In fact, many fat activists will censor the word "obesity" when tweeting or citing it as "ob*sity" due to its pathologizing nature.
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F.E.A.S.T. promotes evidence-based treatment [1] to reduce the suffering associated with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa (A.N.), bulimia nervosa (B.N.), and eating disorders not otherwise specified (E.D.N.O.S.). The organization provides information, mutual support, and advocates for research and education on behalf of families.