Fat talk : what girls and their parents say about dieting / Mimi Nichter.
Surveys show that half of American teen-aged girls are dieting and many are at risk from eating disorders. This text examines differences between the black and white subjects interviewed and the issues that mothers face in raising healthy daughters.
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Barbie and beyond
- In the presence of the perfect girl
- Fat talk
- Are girls really dieting?
- Who will I look like?
- Mothers, daughters, and dieting
- Looking good among African-American girls
- What we can do.