Consuming Passions
Feminist Approaches to Weight Preoccupation and Eating Disorders
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1993
- Category
- Nutrition
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780929005423
- Publish Date
- Jul 1993
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926739120
- Publish Date
- Jan 1993
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Twenty-two experts share their extensive knowledge on women's preoccupation with body size. They consider the continuum of eating behaviours ranging from dieting and exercise for weight control to anorexia and bulimia, and explore recent research in such
About the authors
Catrina Brown, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, cross-appointed to Women’s Studies and Nursing. She is also a feminist psychotherapist in private practice with a focus on eating “disorders”.
Karin Jasper is Clinical Mental Health Specialist and Research Co-ordinator of the Eating Disorder Program at Southlake Regional Health Centre. She is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Toronto. She resides in Toronto, Ontario.