The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders

Editor/Author Cassell, Dana K. and Gleaves, David H.
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Facts On File

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-4381-4321-7
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Presents hundreds of articles on eating disorders and obesity, including causes, symptoms, and treatment options.

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Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Introduction: History of Obesity and Eating Disorders
  • A
  • abdominoplasty
  • Active Living by Design (ALbD)
  • addiction
  • adipose tissue
  • adjustable gastric banding (AGB)
  • adolescent obesity
  • aerobic exercise
  • alexithymia and eating disorders
  • amenorrhea
  • amylin
  • anaerobic exercise
  • anorexia nervosa
  • anorexic behavior
  • B
  • bariatric surgery
  • bariatrics
  • basal metabolic rate (BMR)
  • behavior and cognitive therapies
  • biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch (BPD-DS)
  • binge eating
  • binge-eating disorder (BED)
  • biopsychosocial model of eating disorders
  • body dysmorphic disorder
  • body fat
  • body image disturbance
  • borderline personality disorder
  • bulimarexia
  • bulimia nervosa
  • C
  • calorie
  • childhood obesity
  • cholecystokinin (CCK)
  • cholesterol
  • continuity/discontinuity models of eating disorders
  • control group
  • cortisol
  • costs to treat obesity and eating disorders
  • creeping obesity
  • cultural issues and obesity and eating disorders
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • D
  • dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
  • dichotomous reasoning
  • dietary fats
  • dieting
  • dissociation
  • diuretic abuse
  • double-blind study
  • dysfunctional behavior patterns
  • E
  • early satiety
  • eating disorder complications and associated disorders
  • Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW)
  • ectomorph
  • ego-state therapy
  • elderly and obesity and eating disorders
  • empirical research
  • empirically supported therapy
  • endomorph
  • epidemiological research
  • ethnicity and obesity and eating disorders
  • exercise and obesity and eating disorders
  • F
  • failure to thrive (FTT)
  • family meal
  • famous people with eating disorders
  • fat substitutes
  • fear of fat syndrome
  • fen-phen (Redux)
  • fiber
  • forbidden foods
  • Freshman 15
  • G
  • gastroplasty
  • genetic factors in obesity and eating disorders
  • glycemic index (GI)
  • government role in combating obesity
  • H
  • hunger and appetite
  • hyperactivity
  • hypergymnasia
  • hyperphagia
  • I
  • ice
  • infant eating disorders
  • interleukin-6 (IL-6)
  • ipecac syrup and bulimia
  • K
  • ketosis
  • L
  • life factors and obesity and eating disorders
  • liposuction
  • M
  • males and eating disorders
  • malnutrition
  • menstrual dysfunction in eating disorders
  • mesomorph
  • mesotherapy
  • metabolic equivalent
  • metabolic syndrome
  • metabolism
  • mood disorders and eating disorders
  • mortality rate
  • multi-impulsive behavior and eating disorders
  • muscle dysmorphia
  • N
  • night eating syndrome (NES)
  • nutrients
  • nutritional counseling for eating disorders and obesity
  • O
  • obesity
  • obesity and eating disorders journals
  • obesity complications and associated disorders
  • obesophobic
  • other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)
  • P
  • pancreatic polypeptide (PP)
  • panniculectomy
  • pathophysiology
  • perfectionism and eating disorders
  • personalities of eating-disordered individuals
  • pharmacotherapy for eating disorders and obesity
  • pica
  • placebo
  • polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
  • polyphagia
  • ponderosity
  • Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)
  • pro-ana movement
  • proteins
  • psychogenic malnutrition
  • psychogenic vomiting
  • psychosomatic medicine
  • psychotherapy and obesity and eating disorders
  • psychotropic drugs
  • puberty
  • purging
  • R
  • research studies and eating disorders and obesity
  • Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB)
  • rumination disorder
  • S
  • satiety
  • screening tests for eating disorders
  • secondary amenorrhea
  • set-point theory
  • sexual abuse and eating disorders and obesity
  • sexuality and obesity and eating disorders
  • sleep-related eating disorder (SRED)
  • sodium pump
  • spot reducing
  • stevia
  • stomach stapling
  • stress and eating disorders and obesity
  • suicide and eating disorders
  • superstitious thinking and anorexia
  • supplementary treatments for eating disorders
  • supplementary treatments for obesity
  • support groups
  • T
  • taste and eating disorders and obesity
  • taxon
  • thin fat people
  • thrifty genes
  • trans fat
  • U
  • unspecified feeding or eating disorder (UFED)
  • V
  • visceral fat
  • vomiting and eating disorders
  • W
  • water and weight control
  • weight loss scams and frauds
  • Chronology of Obesity and Eating Disorders
  • Bibliography