TOPIC: Body Image/ Eating Disorders/ Obesity

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• Obesity and Mental Health

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• Obesity and Mental Health Implications

Relevant Publications on the Internet

Body image

• Adolescent Girls and Body Image
• Are Boys the Forgotten Victims of body Image Messages
• Beauty and Body Image in the Media
• Body Image and Advertising
• Female Body Image in the Media- The Pressure to be Thin in Society
• How kids Can Learn to Like Their Looks
• How Parents Body Image Influences Their Children
• Sports and Body Image
• Summary of Research Findings on Body Image
• Teenagers and Body Image

Eating disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa
• APA Help Center: Eating Disorders
• Children and Weight: The Dilemmas
• Common eating disorders: a primer for primary care providers
• Diagnosis of Eating Disorders in Primary Care
• Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
• Eating Disorders During Adolescence and the Risk for Physical and Mental Disorders During Early Adulthood
• Eating disorder Fact Sheet for Educators
• Facts For Families:Teenagers With Eating Disorders
• Follow-up Evaluation of High School Eating Disorders Screening Program: Knowledge, Awareness and Self-referral
• Identification and Management of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents
• Identifying and Treating Eating Disorders
• Professional School Counseling: Eating Disorder Intervention, Prevention, and Treatment: Reccomendations for School Counselors
• School Health Nursing Services Role in Health Care: Eating Disorders
• Treatment Guideline for Eating Disorders
• Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist to Screen for Psychosocial Problems in Pediatric Primary Care

Obesity

• Childhood Obesity
• Fact Sheet on Childhood Obesity in Schools
• Key Strategies to Prevent Obesity
• Team Nutrition
• The Role of Michigan Schools in Promoting Healthy Weight
• White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President

• The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
• Body Positive
• The Center for Eating Disorders: St. Joseph Medical Center
• Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention (EDAP)
• Eating Disorders Recovery Center
• Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
• Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders
• International Association of Eating Disorders
• Let’s Move!
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
• National Eating Disorders Association
• National Eating Disorders Information Center
• National Institute of Mental Health: Eating disorders
• The Renfrew Center Foundation

• Adolescent Body Image Dissatisfaction: Relationships with Self- esteem, Anxiety, and Depression Controlling for Body Mass. by Marion Kostanski and Eleonora Gullone.Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 39(2), p.255-262, (1998).
• Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence. Edited by Lask & Bryant-Waugh.(2000). Hove, East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.
• Body Image, Eating Disorders and Obesity in Youth: Assessment, Prevention and Treatment. Edited by J.K. Thompson & L. Smolak. (2001). APA Books.
• Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach. Edited by Timothy D. Brewerton (2004). New York: Marcel Dekker.
• Counselling for Eating Disorders. By Sara Gilbert (2000). London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE.
• Eating Disorders: A Handbook for Teens, Families, and Teachers. By Tania Heller (2003). Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.
• Eating Disorders: A Parents' Guide. By Bryant-Waugh & Lask (2004) NY: Brunner-Routledge
• Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Clinical Handbook. By Le Grange, D. & Lock, J. (2011). Guilford Press.
• Eating Disorders in Women and Children: Prevention, Stress Management, and Treatment. Edited by J. Robert-McComb. (2001). Boca Raton, LA: CRC Press.
• Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Eating Problems and Eating Disorders. By Pamela K. Keel and Alissa Haedt. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 37(1), p. 39-61, (2008).
• Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder. By James Lock, and Daniel Le Grange. (2005). Guilford Press.
• Idealized Media Images and Adolescent Body Image: "Comparing" Boys and Girls. By Duane A. Hargreaves and Marika Tiggemann. Body Image 1(4), p. 351-361, (2004).
• Preventing Eating Disorders among Pre-teen Girls: A Step-by-step Guide. By Beverly Neu Menassa (2004). Westport, CT: Praeger.
• Self-harm Behavior and Eating Disorders: Dynamics, Assessment, and Treatment. Edited by Levitt, Sansone & Cohn (2004). New York: Brunner-Routledge.
• Too fat or too thin?: A Reference Guide to Eating Disorders. By C. R. Kalodner (2003). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• Televison Images and Adolescent Girls' Body Image Distrubance. by RA Botta. Journal of Communication, 49(2), p.22-41, (1999).

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