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This unique handbook presents and integrates virtually all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity in one authoritative, accessible, and eminently practical volume. From leading international authorities, 101 concise chapters clearly synthesize the latest information on all pertinent topics, from biological issues and social variables associated with risk, to research findings and clinical methods for measurement and treatment.

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Yale University, where he also serves as Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and as Co-Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. An internationally known expert on eating disorders, obesity, and body weight regulation, he has served as president of several national organizations and has received numerous awards and honors for his work. His recent publications include [ital]Behavioral Medicine and Women[ital] (coedited with Elaine A. Blechman).

Christopher G. Fairburn, DM, FRCPsych., is Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer and Honorary Clinical Reader in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. A well-known international authority on eating disorders with research programs in Britain and the United States, he is coeditor (with G. Terence Wilson) of Binge Eating and author of Overcoming Binge Eating.

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Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., is an internationally known expert on eating disorders, obesity, and body weight regulation. He is Professor of Psychology at Yale University, where he also serves as Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and as Co-Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. In 1994, he became Master of Silliman College at Yale. He has served as President of several national organizations, including the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the Division of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the James McKeen Cattell Award from the New York Academy of Sciences and the award for Outstanding Contribution to Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association. He has published 12 books and more than 150 scientific articles. One book received the Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Book from the American Library Association, and his paper on "Understanding and Preventing Relapse" published in the American Psychologist has been listed as one of the ten most frequently cited papers in psychology.

Preface
Regulation of Eating and Weight
Central Physiological Determinants of Eating Behavior and Body Weight
Peripheral Physiological Determinants of Eating and Body Weight
The Psychobiological Approach to Appetite and Weight Control
Genetic Influences on Body Weight and Shape
Energy Intake and Body Weight
Effects of Energy Imbalance on Energy Stores and Body Weight
Body Composition
A Set-Points Model of Body Weight and Weight Gain
Effects of Weight Cycling on Metabolism, Health, and Psychological Factors
Cigarette Smoking and Body Weight
Body Weight and Age
Dieting and Body Image
Social Influences on Body Weight
Cultural Influences on Eating Disorders
Dieting and Its Relation to Eating Disorders
The Controversy Over Dieting
Measurement
Measurement of wwdy Energy Stores
Measurement of Food Intake
Measurement of Energy Expenditure
Measurement of Physical Activity
Measurement of Eating Disorder Psychopathology
Classification, Clinical Characteristics, and History of Eating Disorders
Classification and Diagnosis of Eating Disorders
Atypical Eating Disorders
History of Anorexia
The History of Bulimia and Bulimia Nervosa
The Clinical Presentation of Anorexia and Bulima Nervosa
Eating Disroders and Their Relation to Mood and Anxiety
Eating Disorders and Addictive Disorders
Personality and Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders in Males
Childhood-Onset Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders and Childrearing
Eating Disorders in Athletes
Epidemiology, Etiology, and Course of Eating Disorders
The Development and Maintenance of Eating Disorders
The Distribution of Eating Disorders
Family-Genetic Perspectives on Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
The Families of Patients With and Eating Disorder
A Feminist Perspective on the Etiology of Eating Disorders
Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders
The Course and Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa
Outcome of Bulimia Nervosa
Physiological and Medical Aspects of Eating Disorders
Hunger and Satiety in Clinical Eating Disorders
The Physiology of Anorexia
Neurotransmitters and Anorexia Nervosa
The Physiology of Bulimia Nervosa
Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa
Medical Complications of Bulimia Nervosa
Eating Disorders and Diabetes
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Eating Disorders and Obesity A Comprehensive Handbook

Eating Disorders and Obesity A Comprehensive Handbook

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