Crave : why you binge eat and how to stop / Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D.

  • Bulik, Cynthia M.
Date:
2009
  • Books

About this work

Description

An overview of binge eating disorder that explores its links to genetic predisposition, brain chemistry, psychology, and cultural pressures and explains how people can stop the binge eating cycle and learn to control their responses to the physical and emotional triggers that cause them to binge.

Publication/Creation

New York : Walker & Company, 2009.

Physical description

xi, 258 pages ; 21 cm

Contributors

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Contents

Satisfying your craving for relief -- Curb the crave. One in thirty-five : Binge Eating Disorder is widespread in America ; Weight loss and binge eating ; Be comfortable in your own genes -- Crave-ology. What's your profile? ; Eat breakfast, hungry or not! ; Stealth sugars and how to reset your "sweetstat" ; Overcome your exercise allergy (reverse your activity aversion and move, move, move) ; Embrace technology as therapy ; One size doesn't fit all, or, Why not all treatments are equal -- Beyond the binge. "You call this fat?" ; What to do when you hit the wall.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WM175 2009B93c
    		Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780802717108
  • 0802717101