Today, I would like to introduce the book I'm reading.
I chose the book called "Eating Disorders" edited by Viqi Wagner. It was published in 2007, and can be divided into four chapters. In IE Seminar which I had last year, I learned a little about eating disorders from students' presentation, and found that it was becoming serious problem among women. As this book is one volume of Opposing Viewpoints Series, it includes many interesting topics with differing points of view. I chose the book because it is not just showing what eating disorders are, but I could also develop critical thinking skills by reading many different opinions about a single issue. So far I have started reading the first viewpoint which says that eating disorders are a growing public health threat, and I'm quite sure that this book will promote better understanding about the issue.
I'm glad that you're following up on your interest in this topic that was started by your classmates' presentations in a previous IE Seminar. This is a controversial disease, with some people looking at its origins from a feminist perspective and others trying to find a genetic or physiological basis for it. Whatever its origin, it causes many people--both women and men--a lot of pain and can be life threatening.
返信削除I first started hearing about the disease when I was a university student studying psychology. In those days, it was already being looked at as a psychological disease that is influenced by family dynamics.