The negative body-image epidemic that affects millions of women is also a hidden problem for millions of men. In spite of a decade-long emphasis on health and fitness - or perhaps because of it - more men are suffering from a variety of eating disorders and self-abusive behaviors. Using vignettes from their patients, the authors present a new program to help men overcome these problems. They offer ways to enhance self-image, facts about why diets fail, information about the dangers of using steroids, and a section for women who want to help the men in their life.
Library Journal In the last 20 years, increasing numbers of men and boys have become obsessed with obtaining the perfect body exemplified by body builders, male models, and professional wrestlers. This excessive concern with appearance can lead to compulsive exercise, steroid abuse, eating disorders, and, in extreme cases, body dysmorphic disorder, a serious psychiatric condition. Acknowledging that few men will admit these preoccupations, the authors of these two books seek to bring these issues to a wider audience and to promote more realistic goals for male physique and fitness. Written in a popular, almost sensational style, The Adonis Complex discusses and summarizes research coordinated by Harvard researchers Pope (psychiatry) and Robert Olivardia (psychology) and Katharine A. Phillips (psychiatry, Brown Univ.; The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder). Pope and his associates first document changes in advertisements, Playgirl centerfolds, and toys such as G.I. Joe to demonstrate how the steroid-hyped male torso became an ideal beyond the capability of most men. They then report on results of a computerized body image test given to male college students that showed, across cultures, a dissatisfaction with physical appearance and a tendency to misjudge the physique desirable to the opposite sex. Using case studies and self-tests, the team goes on to describe and outline treatment for specific problems and dispel myths about weight and steroid use. Separate chapters address concerns for boys, gays, lovers, and friends. Andersen (psychiatry, Iowa State Univ.; ed., Males with Eating Disorders), Leigh Cohn (ed., Eating Disorders, the Journal of Treatment and Prevention), and Thomas Holbrook, a medical specialist, also address men's concerns with physical appearance, drawing attention to fat as a men's issue and focusing on obesity and eating disorders. After extended discussions on the developmental, social, and evolutionary factors contributing to appearance ad self-esteem, the authors provide "a proactive proposition for men who want to feel and look better" in "Ten Steps to Healthy Living," with advice on nutrition, exercise, relationships, and social and spiritual concerns. Holbrook relates his own story of recovery from eating disorders and excessive exercise. Courses of treatment are described, and a final chapter offers advice for families and loved ones. Both books give reading lists and resources on where to seek further help, and both are recommended for public library collections.-Lucille M. Boone, San Jose P.L., CA

Making Weight: Healing Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight, and Shape

Andersen, M.D. Arnold, Cohn M.A.T., Leigh, Holbrook, M.D. Tom, Holbrook MD, Tom, Cohn, Leigh

Andersen, Arnold E; Cohn, Leigh; Holbrook, Thomas, 1943-; Tom Holbrook MD; Leigh Cohn

Arnold E. Andersen, Arnold Andersen, Leigh Cohn, Tom Holbrook

Arnold Andersen, Leigh Cohn, Thomas Holbrook

Carlsbad, CA: Gürze Books

Gurze ; Hi Marketing

Place of publication not identified], London, 2001

1st ed., Carlsbad, CA, California, 2000

United States, United States of America

April 21, 2000

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index.

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Acknowledgements
2. (p2) Introduction:: Fat is a Men's Issue
3. (p3) 1. The Problems Faced by Men
3.1. (p4) Overweight Epidemic: Hype or Reality?
3.2. (p5) Shape Concerns
3.3. (p6) Eating Disorders
3.4. (p7) Exercise: Too Much or Too Little
3.5. (p8) Body Image, Appearance, and Sexuality
3.6. (p9) Problems or Challenges
4. (p10) 2. The Differences Between the Sexes
4.1. (p11) Getting Down to the Essentials
4.2. (p12) Body Composition: Boys to Men and Girls to Women
4.3. (p13) Body Image and Social Norms
4.4. (p14) Early and Late Developers; Hard Gainers
4.5. (p15) Impossible Ideals for Body Shape
4.6. (p16) Turning Points and Traumas
4.7. (p17) Stages of Development
4.8. (p18) Eating Behavior: Sparrows and Pigs
4.9. (p19) Sexuality: Biology and Culture Mate
4.10. (p20) Summarizing the Differences Between Men and Women
5. (p21) 3. Why Today's Men are Having Problems
5.1. (p22) Men: Yesterday and Today
5.2. (p23) Shape and the Mating Game
5.3. (p24) Men's Sizes Through the Ages
5.4. (p25) The Clothes Make the Man
5.5. (p26) Hair
5.6. (p27) Body Piercing
5.7. (p28) The Way Things are Now
6. (p29) 4. Men's Concerns about Appearance
6.1. (p30) People Are Not Always Who They Appear to Be
6.2. (p31) Human Appearance in the Animal Kingdom
6.3. (p32) Selling Male Sexuality
6.4. (p33) Typecasting the Male Image
6.5. (p34) Following the Latest Trends
6.6. (p35) Plastic Surgery for Men
6.7. (p36) Behind the Looking Glass
7. (p37) 5. Walking In The Woods
7.1. (p38) Toothpick Harry
7.2. (p39) An Eating Disorder Develops
7.3. (p40) My Worst Nightmare
7.4. (p41) Physician Heal Thyself
8. (p42) 6. The Facts about Making Weight
8.1. (p43) "Overweight"-Whatever That Means#
8.2. (p44) What is Obesity?
8.3. (p45) How to Measure Body Fat
8.4. (p46) What is Fat?
8.5. (p47) Food, Fats, Facts, and Fads
8.6. (p48) Refined Sweets and Carbohydrates
8.7. (p49) Regulation of Body Weight, Shape and Appetite
8.8. (p50) Famine, Hunger, and the Body's Response
8.9. (p51) Hunger and Satiety
8.10. (p52) Can Set Point be Changed?
8.11. (p53) Male Body Shape
8.12. (p54) Men Who Want to Put on Pounds
9. (p55) 7. Ten Steps to Healthy Living
9.1. (p56) The Five Don'ts and The Ten Do's
9.2. (p57) Physical Fitness
9.2.1. (p58) Weigh the Evidence
9.2.2. (p59) The "Ugh" Factor
9.2.3. (p60) Setting Specific Goals for Fitness
9.2.4. (p61) Designing an Exercise Program
9.2.5. (p62) Assessing Progress
9.3. (p63) Healthy Eating
9.3.1. (p64) A Lifetime Plan for Healthy Eating
9.3.2. (p65) Meals and Menus
9.4. (p66) Health Promotion
9.5. (p67) Attractive Appearance
9.6. (p68) Spirituality, Meaning, and Purpose
9.7. (p69) Committed Relationships
9.8. (p70) Emotional Self- Management
9.9. (p71) Positive Self Esteem
9.10. (p72) Capacity for Pleasure
9.11. (p73) Capacity for Work
9.12. (p74) The Process of Making Changes in Your Life
10. (p75) 8. The Treatment of Men's Problems
10.1. (p76) Weight Concerns and Obesity
10.2. (p77) Putting on Pounds of Muscle
10.3. (p78) Compulsive Exercise
10.4. (p79) Body Image Disturbance and Body Dysmorphia
10.5. (p80) Eating Disorders
11. (p85) 9. How Loved Ones Can Help
12. (p88) Appendix
13. (p91) Bibliography and Reading List
14. (p92) Index
15. (p93) About the Authors

Based on numerous vignettes and patient stories, this unique book discusses the often ignored but important male body image--focusing on the attitudes and behaviors that have led a growing number of men into eating disorders and self-abusive behaviors. Original. Tour.

The authors present a new programme to help men overcome eating disorders. They offer ways to enhance self-image, facts about why diets fail, information about the dangers of using steroids, and a section for women who want to help the men in their life

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index
Mode of access: Internet

2023-06-28