History and Prevention of Eating Disorders
By Karen Jones, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 4, Number 3, 1997, Pages 1-5
Send this page to a friendDr. Karen Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Home Economics Education at the University of Georgia, succinctly points out the various underlying socio-economic and personality factors associated with eating disorders and the obsession for "thinness" in western culture and particularly North America.
Recently there has been an escalation in the numbers of diverse individuals, rather than daughters of upper middle class families, with anorexia nervosa. Dr. Jones also complied a list of characteristics of anorexia and bulimia to give prevention professionals concrete signs to look for.
Editor's Note: Don't miss our more recent issue, Adolescent Eating Disorders & Body Dissatisfaction, printed in 2007.
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Eating Disorders
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 4, Number 3, 1997
This 1997 issue of The Prevention Researcher focuses on anorexia and bulimia among youth.
This issue also featured these articles:
- Adolescent Boys and Anorexia Nervosa, Pages 9
- Adolescent Substance Use and Eating Disorders, Pages 10-11
- Eating Problems in Athletic Settings, Pages 5-8
- History and Prevention of Eating Disorders, Pages 1-5
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