Binding: Paperback
Description: Eating disorders (E Ds) have become a social epidemic in the developed world. This book addresses the close links between E Ds and exercise helping us to understand why people with E Ds often exercise to excessive and potentially harmful levels. This is also the first book to examine this issue from an ethical and legal perspective identifying the rights and responsibilities of people with E Ds their families and the fitness professionals and clinicians that work with them. The book offers an accessible account of E Ds and closely examines the concept of addiction. Drawing on a wide range of medical psychological physiological sociological and philosophical sources the book examines the benefits and risks of exercise for the ED population explores the links between E Ds and other abuses of the body in the sports environment and addresses the issue of athletes with disordered eating behaviour. Importantly the book also surveys current legislation and professional codes of conduct that guide the work of fitness professionals and clinicians in this area and presents a clear and thorough set of case histories and action points to help professionals better understand and care for their clients with E Ds. Exercise and Eating Disorders is important reading for students of applied ethics medical ethics and the ethics of sport as well as for fitness professionals psychiatrists clinical psychologists sports coaches and sport and exercise scientists looking to improve their understanding of this important issue.
Title: Exercise And Eating Disorders An Ethical And Legal Analysis
Author(s): Giordano Simona (University Of Manchester Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415476065
Pages: 224 Pages, 38 Tables, Black And White; 10 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 6/1/2010
Series: Ethics and Sport
Category: Eating Disorders & Therapy