Eating Disorders For Dummies is a guide to understanding eating disorders and recovering from them. It explains anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder in plain English. It also covers other disorders, such as bigorexia and compulsive exercising.
The book offers a step-by-step procedure for developing a safe and healthy plan for recovery. Checklists help readers tell whether they have an eating disorder and what impact it is having or may soon have on their health. It also covers finding the right therapist, evaluating the latest treatments, and supporting recovery day by day.
It is written for people who want to recover from an eating disorder and for those who want to help a loved one. Topics include approaching someone about getting treatment, helping a sibling, friend or partner, and treating eating disorders in men, children and the elderly. It includes lists of recovery dos and don'ts.
- Topics
- Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, bigorexia, compulsive exercising
- Also covers
- Warning signs, companion disorders and addictions, anxiety and emotional eating, surviving setbacks
- Features
- Informative checklists, recovery dos and don'ts lists, step-by-step recovery procedure
- Audience
- People with eating disorders and those supporting a loved one