Fear of fat [motion picture] : dieting and eating disorders
- Published:
- Los Angeles, Calif. : Churchill Films, [1987]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1987
- Physical Description:
- 1 film reel (26 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm and 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Additional Creators:
- Churchill Films
- Summary:
- Examines cultural preoccupation with being thin, placing the most severe eating disorders -- anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive overeating -- within a broad social context. Looks at physcological causes, such a low self-esteem, and encourages viewers to accept their body type and eat to be healthy, not to be thin. Five young women in varying stages of recovery discuss their eating disorders.
- Subject(s):
- Related Titles:
- Dieting and eating disorders
- Technical Details:
- VHS.
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