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Publisher
My Ebook Publishing House
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
How to Combat Obesity and Live the Full and Happy Life You Deserve Want to lose weight, but don't know where to begin to make a big difference and FAST? This step-by-step REALISTIC plan will help you on your way. Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? What foods should we eat, and what foods should we avoid? Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why You Get Fat And What to Do About It...
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (216 p.)
Language
English
Description
"You Can Change Your Relationship to Food Eating with Fierce Kindness is not a diet, but a way to revolutionize how you think about yourself and about food. Eating with fierce kindness and compassion toward yourself, instead of shame and self-blame, will empower you to change your relationship to food and see yourself in a whole new light. This book will guide you toward an understanding of why and how you are eating so you can successfully change...
23) But I Deserve This Chocolate!: The Fifty Most Common Diet-Derailing Excuses and How to Outwit Them
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (216 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Most of us are really, really good at devising reasons to indulge in foods that derail our diets and healthy eating plans. Who among us hasn't thought, "I had a stressful day, so I deserve this chocolate," or, "Buttery popcorn would go so well with this movie!" When we view food as a reward, emotional eating can be difficult to overcome. Most fad diets tell you to "control" your eating, use willpower, ignore your cravings, or just stop eating. Recall...
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Publisher
Richard Lipman MD
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Belviq is the first new prescription drug for weight loss in the pass 20 years. Belviq was released by the FDA in early June 2013. It offers a new alternative for weight loss for the nearly one in three Americans who are considered obese. It is very effective in diabetics causing both weight loss and improvement in glucose control. Unlike any other diet medication it's designed both for weight loss and weight maintenance. How does Belviq work? The...
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English
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"Hurrah for a woman bold enough to throw open the closet door and tell the truth about her relationship with food." -Hill Harper, actor, CSI: NY, and author of Letters to a Young Brother "Harrowing and compelling ... vivid and resonant ... a gripping read." -Stephen McCauley, author of The Object of My Affection "An answer to millions of black women's prayers." -Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, author of Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression...
26) Skin and bones
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English
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Jack, who is sixteen and has anorexia, spends the summer in an eating disorder ward for teenagers and befriends both his overweight roommate and a dangerously thin dancer.
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Publisher
Red Wheel Weiser
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Stop Eating Your Heart Out speaks to anyone's challenges with food, weight, and emotional eating, and then offers a multitude of effective self-help tools. As the author discloses her very personal struggle with food and out-of-control eating, she is telling the story of millions of others who use food to self-soothe. The book's focus, however, is on recovery. In her wisdom as a licensed professional clinical counselor, the author enumerates methods...
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 p.)
Language
English
Description
"If you suffer from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), you are all too aware of the negative impact this condition can have on your life. You may experience intense anxiety about perceived body or facial flaws, or obsess over thinning hair, acne, wrinkles, and scars. You may even undergo repeated cosmetic treatments and surgeries, or avoid going outside for fear of scrutiny-becoming a virtual prisoner in your own home. However, if you are ready to make...
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Language
English
Description
Kid Rex is the story of one woman's struggle to overcome anorexia. After knowing other friends with anorexia and being baffled by their behavior (often wondering, "Why doesn't she just eat?!") Moisin suddenly found herself prone to the same disease, not eating at all and going weeks at a time taking in nothing but water and the occasional black coffee. She learns how to deceive the therapists her worried family sends her to, giving them all of the...
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Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, she casts an insightful...
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English
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"At the root of bulimia is a need to feel in control. While purging is a strategy for controlling weight, bingeing is an attempt to calm depression, stress, shame, and even boredom. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bulimia offers new and healthy ways to overcome the distressing feelings and negative body-image beliefs that keep you trapped in this cycle. In this powerful program used by therapists, you'll learn four key skill...
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Publisher
Summersdale
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
Language
English
Description
Life doesn't need to be a struggle. Letting go is the strongest thing I've ever done.Exploring the issues of love, loss, healing, and happiness, this manifesto for freedom from one of feminism's liveliest voices will guide you on the path to feeling newly, truly confident. --Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 27 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa afflict people of all ages and race, especially young women, and are serious medical conditions that can be deadly if left untreated. Join documentary filmmaker and host Larkin McPhee (Dying to Be Thin) as she uncovers the challenges of coping with an eating disorder. Meet some experts and people in recovery who offer an honest appraisal of their struggles to overcome their eating disorders. Topics...
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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Obesity is the problem of every other person you meet nowadays. You will find plenty information on how to lose weight. From the internet to books and articles in magazines, weight loss is the hot topic everywhere.This book attempts to expose the truth about what it is that's keeping you from losing weight in the most natural way. You will be amazed by your results. Health and vitality to you."--
35) Eating disorders
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Series
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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It is normal for people to feel insecure about their bodies sometimes; nobody is perfect. For some people, however, body image can become an obsession, leading to a possible eating disorder. Not eating at all or eating too much are both eating disorders when they occur on a regular basis. Eating disorders are both physical and mental conditions. Thankfully, treatment is available, helping sufferers lead healthier lives. The lives of millions of kids...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 65 min., 1 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An eating disorder is a serious mental illness, where eating and body weight or shape become an unhealthy focus of someone's life. These disorders can destroy a person's quality of life and undermine family relationships. This Speaking from experience program offers first-hand accounts from nine people living with an eating disorder in the family. It was produced in partnership with Eating Disorders of Victoria.
37) How I live now
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 34 min.)
Language
English
Description
Recovering Bodies features college students on the subject of eating disorders. They share their stories and experiences about the wide range of pressures that can lead to disordered eating, while providing valuable personal insights into the variety of psychological and physical symptoms involved. Also features expert commentary from professionals, and provides invaluable and empowering information about successful recovery and healing strategies....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 83 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"The literature says that 30% to 40% of the patients who engage in eating disorder behaviors are, in fact, survivors of sexual trauma, and I believe another whole cohort of those folks have experienced other kinds of trauma. If you think about it, being 90 pounds or being 300 pounds is a very visible, tangible way to say, 'I'm in pain.'" Lisa Ferentz. Until recently, the focus of eating disorder treatment has been on getting the sometimes life-threatening...
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Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages : illustrations)
Language
English
Description
"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."--
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