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

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