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Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women
by
Trisha Gura
A girl with an eating disorder grows up. And then what?
In this groundbreaking book, science journalist Trisha Gura explodes the myth that those who suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are primarily teenage girls. In truth, twenty-five to thirty million American women twenty-five and older suffer from serious food issues, from ob
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Published
April 15th 2008
by Harper Paperbacks
(first published May 1st 2007)
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A weird mix of too much anecdote and too much glossing over. It seems to me it should matter that not all people with eating disorders are women, straight, that they belong to varying social classes. And while it's fine to say "Some women recovering from eating disorders do this and some don't," that's really all the book is and maybe all it could be. I got plenty out of it but it basically wasn't what I wanted.
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I really like this book. It's great to see EDs addressed as a potentially lifelong problem, which I actually found very encouraging. When most of the literature on eating disorders seems to focus on curing adolescents and lasting recovery this book is for the women who may have lived with an ED for years, or relapsed after years of recovery. Trisha Gura talks as a former sufferer of an ED and an informed scientist about the lifelong triggers and how EDs affect women of different ages. There's a ...more
This book is rich in research and case studies of older women with eating disorders. Most of the information pertains to women who have had relapses later in life from teen eating disorders or have had sub-clinical disorders for many years that were left untreated. The scope is limited to women, and from the tone of the case studies middle class, educated women, but the fact that it addresses the needs of adult women makes it worth it. I would frankly rather a book like this, which deals comp...more
I liked this book because I enjoy reading about problems I don't have, and because anorexia and bulimia fascinate me. The book is better at bringing light onto the problem of adults with eating disorders and not so good at offering solutions. If you know someone still struggling wiht anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders, this book might be more depressing than helpful. If you like reading about malaria, yellowjack, schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder, you might like this one too.
This is a very good book if you or someone you know has struggled with eating issues. I found it by turns alarming and interesting to see how what I thought was a teenaged phase has actually manifested itself in other phases of my life. After not having read much on this subject for many years, it was also interesting to see the new research/theories on the topic.
Had some interesting stuff. I learned a bit.
Average. Mostly skimmed, though; couldn't keep my attention. And call me a weirdo, but I like to read the personal stories. It feels like driving past accidents; you just can't look away from them, and not think "there but for the grace of God"...
What I learned from this book? More than I can even put into a review! This book changed my life!
(picked up at APA) adult women and eating disorders. moved high up on the list of things to read new.
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