Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Behaviors and Weight-Related Problems

<p>A thoroughly up-to-date reference for researchers who specialize in obesity and clinicians who specialize in working with clients with problem eating behaviors <b>Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Disorders and Weight-Related Problems Second Edition </b>offers the field's most comprehensive collection of measures and assessment tools related to eating behaviors. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>In addition to obesity (an issue that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States) the <b>Handbook </b>deals with problem eating behaviors eating disorders and the associated psychological issues that underlie these problems. This <b>Second Edition </b>provides the latest research and theory along with empirically validated assessment tools for measuring attitudes beliefs and behaviors with regard to food including:<b> <p></p></b><p></p><ul type=square><li>General personality assessment and psychopathology of persons with eating and weight-related concerns <p></p></li><li>Quality of life assessments <p></p></li><li>Measuring attitudes and beliefs about obese people <p></p></li><li>Assessment of body image <p></p></li><li>Measures of restrained eating <p></p></li><li>Measures of physical activity <p></p></li><li>Measuring food intake <p></p></li><li>Binge eating and purging <p></p></li><li>Eating and weight-related problems with children <p></p></li><li>Identification of psychological problems of patients with eating disorders <p></p></li></ul><p><b>New and Continuing Features:</b> </p><p></p><p></p><ul><li>No other resource offers such a comprehensive collection of assessment methods for eating disorders and weight-related problems in one volume. </li><li>Contributions from highly regarded scholars and researchers in the field offer up-to-date academically rigorous and research-based information. </li><li>The volume's <b>Introduction</b> emphasizes the importance of research in this area and highlights the changes in the field over the past decade. <p></p></li></ul>