Eating Disorders Anatomy of a Social Epidemic
, by Gordon, Richard- ISBN: 9780631214960 | 0631214968
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/7/2000
Why have disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa increased dramatically in the past three decades? How and why have they spread to the non-Western world? Richard Gordon argues that this increase in eating disorders must be understood in the context of relevant cultural factors.