I'm a child anorexic
Description
Therapists in America and Europe have noticed a disturbing trend: anorexia now appears in elementary-school-age children. This film documents the highs and lows of a London clinic's 12-week program, during which malnourished patients must confront and conquer their fears of eating. Girls as young as eight enter the clinic dangerously emaciated and depressed-and although most battle their way back to good health and reunions with loved ones, do their attitudes toward food really change? Once home, will they revert to old ways? The documentary reveals frighteningly distorted beliefs that run rampant among the young patients-one girl even insists that water contains calories-and it offers surprising revelations about the role of idealized body images in the media.
Runtime
57 min
Subjects
- Nutritionally induced diseases (32)
- Nutrition (648)
- Bulimia (21)
- Eating disorders (61)
- Diet (387)
- Teacher training (42)
- Problem children (70)
- Eating disorders, Compulsive eating (11)
- Anorexia nervosa (20)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c2007
Database
Films on Demand
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