| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-251) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Barbie and beyond -- In the presence of the perfect girl -- Fat talk -- Are girls really dieting? -- Who will I look like? -- Mothers, daughters, and dieting -- Looking good among African-American girls -- What we can do. |
| Summary |
Surveys show that half of American teen-aged girls are dieting and many are at risk from eating disorders. This text examines differences between the black and white subjects interviewed and the issues that mothers face in raising healthy daughters. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Teenage girls -- Nutrition.
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Teenage girls -- Nutrition. |
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Reducing diets.
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Reducing diets. |
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Obesity in adolescence.
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Obesity in adolescence. |
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Body image in adolescence.
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Body image in adolescence. |
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Body Image. |
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Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena. |
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Adolescent. |
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Diet. |
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Mother-Child Relations. |
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Obesity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nichter, Mimi. Fat talk. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000 0674002296 9780674002296 (DLC) 99059521 (OCoLC)42935739 |
| ISBN |
9780674041547 (electronic book) |
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0674041542 (electronic book) |
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9780674006812 |
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0674002296 (alkaline paper) |
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