Eating Disorders, Overeating, and Pathological Attachment to Food

"This book examines the relationship between eating disorders and substance abuse. In this text, you'll find direct evidence gathered by the nation's leading experts supporting the hypothesis that there are important similarities between the desire for food and the classic addictions. With overeating and obesity on the rise, this resource offers new hope for understanding eating disorders and will help psychiatrists and neuroscientists develop more effective treatments."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: Obesity is increasingly being recognized as problem of major public health significance.

Year

2004

Language

English

Publisher

Haworth Medical Press

Editions

2

Pages

122

ISBN

9780789025937

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