The encultured body : policy implications for healthy body image and disordered eating behaviours

Foreword......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 About the Contributors......Page 8 Contents......Page 12 Part I: Challenging the Body Culture......Page 14 1. Body Image and Eating Disorders: Implications for Policy......Page 15 2. An Overview of Issues Related to Eating Disorders......Page 19 Part II: Social Factors and the Body Culture......Page 36 3. Individual Risk Factors and Socio-cultural Contexts for Disordered Eating......Page 37 4. Issues in the Prevention of Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating......Page 47 5. Advertising and the Body as Ideal Image......Page 58 6. The Media’s Role in the Psychopathology of the Eating Disorders......Page 68 7. Barbie Magazine: The First 12 Months......Page 71 8. Cosmetic Surgery and the Body as Work-in-Progress......Page 74 9. Lycra and the Manufacture of Difference in Televised Sport......Page 88 Part III: Treatment Issues – A Multidisciplinary Perspective......Page 92 10. Anorexia Nervosa as a Mental and Physical Illness: The Medical Perspective......Page 93 11. Developing Motivation for Change in Individuals with Eating Disorders......Page 108 12. Eating Disorders and Disturbed Body Image: A View from Psychology......Page 119 13. In-patient Care from a Nursing Perspective......Page 132 14. Dietetics and Nutrition......Page 139 15. Treatment Issues in General Practice......Page 145 Part IV: Consumer Voices......Page 152 16. At-risk Industries – Whose Responsibility?......Page 153 Community Organisations......Page 157 17. The Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa Foundation of Victoria (ABNFV)......Page 158 18. The Anorexia Bulimia Nervosa Association (Inc) ABNA......Page 162 19. Queensland Eating Disorders Resource Centre......Page 164 Living with Bulimia: Elizabeth......Page 168 A Carer’s Perspective – Rowena......Page 169 Closets are for Clothes – Suzy......Page 170 Exploring Eating Disorders: The Use of Drama in Secondary Schools – Marian......Page 171 ...and a Brother: Thankyou Society......Page 173 Epilogue......Page 174 The purpose of this publication is to provide discussion of some of the most difficult and controversial issues surrounding body image and eating disorders, specifically, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It includes contributions from a number of nationally and internationally recognized clinicians and researchers in the field. It also incorporates valuable contributions from community workers and consumers associated with body image and disordered eating issues. Part 1, "Challenging the Body Culture," includes a chapter that presents recommendations for action, along with a chapter that introduces the issues associated with body image and disordered eating behaviors. Part 2, "Social Factors and the Body Culture," deals with issues related to socio-cultural concerns: media, cosmetic surgery, and other emerging issues related to body culture and eating disorders. Part 3, "Treatment Issues--A Multidisciplinary Perspective," discusses the treatment of eating disorders from a number of clinical perspectives, such as psychiatry, nutrition, psychology, and nursing. Part 4, "Community Voices," presents material relating to "at-risk industries," community organizations, and personal stories and poems of "lived experience" as a sufferer, partner, parent, or sibling. The Epilogue encapsulates the tragedy and frustrations of the many families, careers, and professionals who have been touched by this public health issue. (Contains 12 tables over 590 references.) (ADT)