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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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When Olivia Blakley is thrust into the spotlight by her politician father's run for governor, her bulimia and other destructive behaviors worsen, and she is forced to take a hard look at herself and the things she has to live for.
3) Purge
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
234 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her parents check sixteen-year-old Janie into Golden Slopes to help her recover from her bulimia, she discovers that she must talk about things she has admitted to no one--not even herself.
4) Tyranny
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
120 p. ; ill. : 20 cm.
Language
English
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....
Author
Publisher
Santa Monica Press/Teen
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba . . . and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food"--
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in multiple voices, when popular Mike Parker's girlfriend informs North Bay Academy's principal that he has been hitting her, students react differently, revealing their own insecurities and problems.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xiv, 269 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A New York Times essayist shares her journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 50 min.)
Language
English
Description
How do our families influence our relationship with our own bodies? How do American pop culture's standards of beauty get inside our hearts and heads? In what ways can sport and the drive for fitness actually make us sick rather than healthy? In this courageous, deeply personal new film, Diane Israel examines American culture's toxic emphasis on thinness, beauty, and physical perfection. Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion...
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