Coping with Eating Disorders

Product Description

Coping with Eating Disorders gives viewers revealing insights into eating disorders by documenting the stories of three young people — an anorexic, a bulimic and a compulsive overeater. Interweaving their stories, a specialist discusses the pattern, symptoms, and treatment of eating disorders.

Hating her body as too fat, Staci dropped her calorie intake to 500 per day. Shauna, too, wanted to be thin, but depressed and unable to control her eating, began binging and then throwing up. Mike weighed 335 pounds at high school graduation and kept right on eating. Eventually, all three sought help.

Now, Staci is learning to accept herself and has a greatly improved body image. Shauna is learning to deal with her feelings, not to use bulimia to cover them up. Through his support group, Mike has learned to face his problems directly and eat for the right reasons and, having lost weight, is able to lead a normal life.