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Guide to Eating
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R 300 Wei |
Weight in America: Obesity, Eating
Disorders, and Other Health Risks |
Part
of the Information Plus reference series. |
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The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating
Disorders Treatments |
Over
400 entries address types of disorders, their psychological
and societal considerations, drugs, and treatments. |
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R 616.8526 Eat |
Eating Disorders - A Reference
Sourcebook |
Essays
covering symptoms, medical issues, socio-cultural
ssues, dieting and obesities, treatments, and facilities. |
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R 616.8526 Kal |
Too Fat or Too Thin? - A Reference
Guide to Eating Disorders |
Historical
background and addresses the current problems of
anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating and other disorders. |
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616.8526 Bullitt-Jones
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Holy
Hunger - A Memoir of Desire |
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PS 616.8526 Her |
The Parent's Guide to Childhood Eating Disorders (Children’s
Department – 2nd floor) |
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YA 616.8256 Nor |
Over It: A Teen’s Guide to Getting
Beyond Obsessions With Food & Weight (Young Adult - 2nd floor) |
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616.8526
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Overeaters Anonymous |
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616. 8256
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The
Twelve Steps and Twelve Tradition of Overeaters Anonymous |
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Dying
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It's Not About the Food - Prevent
Eating Disorders |
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Understanding
Eating Disorders |
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F I N D I N G B O O K S & O T H E R L
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616.8526 |
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In
addition to reference books, you may want to search for
other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your
topic. The best way to find good sources of
information is to do a subject
search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s
online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web
page (www.wppl.org),
then - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.
A good
subject heading for this topic is eating
disorders.
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library has to offer located on the Web site
www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you
must open an account from Library computer terminals,
but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. Search
for employment and career books by
the following categories: subject,
title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail.
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
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Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
- Access from the Library or at home using
your library card number at
www.wppl.org.
Search for full text articles on these online databases using your
choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year
or even a certain magazine. |
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The
Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness |
Types of Eating Disorders, Causes, Is There a
Problem,
Getting Help, Resources, Updates and more.
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Anorexia,
Binge Eating, & Bulimia |
Addresses the causes,
symptoms & treatments of anorexia. Links to their bulimia &
binge-eating sites. |
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Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders |
Thorough overview of eating disorders. Self-help
tips & information about recovery & prevention. |
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Eating
Disorders Association |
From
England, information and help for anorexia, bulimia, binge
eating disorder & related disorders. |
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Eating
Disorder Referral & Information Center |
Information
and resources to help those with eating disorders. |
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MedlinePlus
Eating Disorders |
Many
categories and links in this thorough site |
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National
Eating Disorders Association |
Education & referrals for those
with eating disorders and concerned with body image & weight
issues. |
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Unrealistic Weights |
“A leading medical researcher talks about
anorexia nervosa, treatment options and why much of what we
think about eating disorders is wrong.” From Newsweek. |
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