Diet Pills & the Internet

Terence M Dovey (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

2012
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62081-420-8 (ISBN)

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It has long been known that some people, usually those with eating disorders, or on their way to having one, abuse drugs that are specifically designed for, or have a side effect that leads to, weight loss. It appears that there is an increased prevalence for people to take pharmacological treatments to aid weight loss or maintenance. These people are not like our previous sample as they have no form of psychopathology. What was once thought to be the remit of the eating disordered individual and a sign of serious psychological dysfunction has become the playground of the norm. This book discussed the reasons behind why people are taking them and how they work. Moreover, the author aims to arm people with the knowledge that will defend them from the diet drug vendors who are now pervasive across the Internet and thus our society.

Preface: Of Motivations; Introduction: Of Definitions & Assumptions; Of Why People Diet; Of Law; Of Internet Versus Bricks & Mortar; Of Pharmacological Targets: Hitting the Bull's-Eye; Of the Fall of a Dynasty; Of Credible Candidates?; Of the Pretenders to the Throne: Selling Dreams?; Of Success & Failure; Of the Future & Final Thoughts; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	526 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychosomatik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-62081-420-X / 162081420X
ISBN-13	978-1-62081-420-8 / 9781620814208
Zustand	Neuware