{"product_id":"anorexia-stacy-beller-stryer-9780313359750","title":"Anorexia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten in accessible but medically accurate prose, \u003ci\u003eAnorexia\u003c\/i\u003e provides a detailed explanation of how the diagnosis of anorexia is made, common physical and personality characteristics of those affected by the illness, and both short and long-term complications. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnorexia\u003c\/i\u003e takes the discussion a step further than similar books on the subject by placing the disease in context with a broad survey of the history of self-starvation from Antiquity to the present, and it tackles the difficult question of whether anorexia nervosa existed before the 19th century or is a uniquely modern disease. The book evaluates in detail the social, economic and cultural environments within which self-starvation has occurred historically, and it analyzes competing theories of the disease's origins--including sociocultural, developmental, biochemical, and genetic hypotheses. The book also provides coverage of several often overlooked topics, such as the incidence of anorexia among young men, and it makes use of the personal narrative of an anorexic throughout to give the reader some sense of what it feels like to have anorexia and what someone with anorexia may be thinking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stacy Beller Stryer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031335975X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313359750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.43w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 94","brand":"Stacy Beller Stryer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057844973823,"sku":"9780313359750","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e606a6f3-5265-4f25-86e0-4d98372dab53.jpg?v=1685049197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anorexia-stacy-beller-stryer-9780313359750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}