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| Description: |
Society today stresses perfection: the perfect body, the perfect personality, the perfect IQ. With all these impossible standards to meet, not to mention genetics to prevent meeting them, many teens feel the stress of being perfect. If they cannot accomplish the perfect IQ and perfect personality, factors that they have no control over, they seek to obtain the perfect body or binge to assuage their feelings of inadequacy. The results can be deadly. Find out the different types of eating disorders, what factors can cause them and what can be done to treat them.
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| Price: |
$99.95
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| Copyright: |
©2004
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| Format: |
1 DVD
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| Length: | 22 minutes
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| UPC: | 69394 0170430
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1) Students will learn the definition of ?eating disorder.?
2) Causes that may contribute to the development of an eating disorder will be examined.
3) Students will find out the symptoms of the most common eating disorders.
4) Students will find out how to get treatment for these disorders.
5) The types of people susceptible to eating disorders will be explained.
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| Review: |
"We have all seen the typical mixed messages in the media - while models get thinner and thinner, portraying an ever-shrinking idea of 'perfection,' we are bombarded with advertisements for fast food restaurants and junk food. We are supposed to eat more, but stay thin. In response, more and more teens (especially girls and young women) are suffering from eating disorders. This video discusses the causes (pressures from society, unresolved emotional problems, genetic predisposition), symptoms, and forms of treatment for anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive overeating. The overall visual is not a pretty one. While a female host explains the factual information, teens are shown stuffing their faces, vomiting, looking woefully at themselves in mirrors, and being depressed. Much important and valuable information is shared, including stressing the fact that people suffering from these disorders will die if left untreated. Warning signs for friends and family, what physically happens to the body, and scary statistics are also provided. At the end, contact information for the National Eating Disorder Association and Overeaters Anonymous are listed. The only drawback of this film is the numerous times that the actors portraying teens with eating disorders are shown with their heads in the toilet. However, this harsh view might be just what teenagers need to grab their attention and help to make them understand the seriousness of these disorders."
Kimberly Paone, Elizabeth Public Library, NJ
Reviewed in School Library Journal
June 2003 |
| Special Features: |
Region Free |
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