Health Food Junkies: The Rise of Orthorexia Nervosa - The Health Food Eating Disorder by David Knight - ISBN: 9780767905855
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Obsessed with healthy eating? It could be orthorexia nervosa.

Health Food Junkies: The Rise of Orthorexia Nervosa - The Health Food Eating Disorder

The Rise of Orthorexia Nervosa - The Health Food Eating Disorder

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    27 July 2004

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Summary

The first book to identify the eating disorder orthorexia nervosa—an obsession with eating healthfully—and offer expert advice on how to treat it.

As Americans become better informed about health, more and more people have turned to diet as a way to lose weight and keep themselves in peak condition. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa—disorders in which the sufferer focuses on the quantity of food eaten—have been highly documented over the past decade. But as Dr. Steven Bratman asser…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780767905855
ISBN-10:0767905857
Author:David Knight, Steven Bratman
Publisher:Broadway Books
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:27 July 2004
Weight:336g
Dimensions:17mm x 133mm x 210mm
About The Author

David Knight

Dr. Steven Bratman suffered from orthorexia nervosa himself, and, in the process of overcoming it, became the first physician to diagnose the problem. He is currently the medical director for Prima Health, a book publisher, and is the author of The Alternative Medicine Sourcebook. He lives in Colorado.

David Knight is a writer. He lives in Colorado.

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