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CHOICE Review

This unique volume is targeted to middle and high school personnel to assist them in establishing programs to prevent eating disorders. Levine discusses programs involving classroom instruction, improved detection and referral, and professional development. Eating disorders are defined as a spectrum of shared features describing anorexia nervosa and bulimia. The author presents eating disorders in a multidimensional risk-factor model, emphasizing factors as some or all of the ``3 Ps'': predispositions, precipitants, or perpetuators. The incidence of eating disorders among high school students is discussed. Two interesting case studies, presented in separate chapters, illustrate anorexia nervosa and bulimia respectively; both are presented in interview format of child and parents. Conclusions and implications appended to most chapters are helpful. Numerous references and resources are included in the appendix: books, pamphlets, films, curriculum guides, and a list of lay organizations. This clearly written work is appropriate for academic, public, and professional libraries.-N.S. Springer, University of Michigan