A rationale for home economics teachers' involvement in eating disorders prevention
1992
Nagel, K.L. | Jones, K.H.
In a recent national survey of 246 American home economics teachers, 63% reported that eating disorders were a problem) at their school. Canadian statistics also indicate that eating disorders are a problem in females between the ages of 14 and 25. Eating disorders have been described as being on a continuum with the restricting anorexic at one end and the obese bulimic on the opposite end. Persons having either anorexia or bulimia have been characterized as having such an intense fear of being out of control with food and consequential weight gain that they are willing to use life risking measures to control their weight. Research reporting on the outcome of traditional therapies to correct an existing eating disorder has been pessimistic. As a result, a number of practitioners are endorsing prevention programs for eating disorder, to be implemented in public schools. The focus of this article is on the need for, and the means by which the home economics teachers can become involved in such a prevention effort.
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