Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Women’s Experience of Hope in a Twelve-Step Self-Help Group for Eating Disorders
(Jennifer A. Boisvert – Independent Practice, Beverly Hills, CA, USA)

Chapter 2. The Effects of Hope and Body Shame on Alcohol and Drug Use in Eating Disordered Women
(Jennifer A. Boisvert and W. Andrew Harrell – Independent Practice, Beverly Hills, CA, USA, et al.)

Chapter 3. Indigenous Australian Sportswomen: Inspiring the Next Generation
(Megan Stronach, Hazel Maxwell and Michelle O’Shea – Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, et al.)

Chapter 4. Eating Disorders in Women of Color: Race and Culture-Related Risk Factors
(Shirleen S. Rahman, Sierra A. Thorpe, and Regine M. Talleyrand – Counseling Program, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA)

Chapter 5. The Body Asks and the Mind Judges: Understanding Desires and Food Cravings in Eating Behavior and Its Triggers
(Jônatas de Oliveira – Eating Disorders Program (AMBULIM/PROTAD), Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, et al.)

Chapter 6. Physical Activity as a Treatment Strategy during Menopausal Transition – An Evolutionary Approach
(Sylvia Kirchengast – Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

Index