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Encyclopedia of Social Work (20 ed.)

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2008

Eating disorders involve maladaptive eating patterns accompanied by a wide range of physical complications likely to require extensive treatment. In

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Ruth Tobias

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2 ed.)

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2013

Eating disorders are, to be sure, a sign of the times. And yet, if the matrix of social values and

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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)

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2007
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Science and technology, Medicine and health
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136 words

A continuum ranging from abnormal eating behaviours to clinical eating disorders Included in the continuum are norexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa...

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Arthur H. Crisp

The Oxford Companion to Medicine (3 ed.)

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2006
Subject:
Medicine and health
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1,173 words
probably first arose when eating became more than just an activity designed to satisfy energy needs; maintain body temperature; move, grow, and survive through puberty to the time of ... More
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The Oxford Companion to the Body

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Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Science and technology, Life Sciences
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1,411 words

The modern term that covers all forms of the conditions known as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It also

Eating Disorders

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Lindsay Hogan

The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History

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Current Version:
2008
Subject:
History
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1,840 words
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Only in relatively recent history have eating disorders been identified and treated as diseases. They were first identified and labeled by the medical community in Western cultures, where ... More
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Donnalee Frega

The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States

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Current Version:
2005
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Literature
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679 words
Women's eating habits have long been recognized as a form of discourse, a complex metaphoric language of victimization, physicality, eroticism, and empowerment. In the Middle Ages, an age ... More

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