Part I. Introduction: 1. Historical and current conceptualisations of eating disorders: a developmental perspective Mytilee Vemuri and Hans Steiner; Part II. Scientific Underpinnings: 2. Regulation of food intake and body weight Julian Mercer; 3. The development of children's shape and weight concerns Andrew J. Hill; 4. Relation of dieting to eating pathology Eric Stice, Emily Burton, Michael Lowe and Meghan Butryn; 5. Physical and cognitive changes associated with puberty Victor M. Fornari and Ida F. Dancyger; 6. Genetic influences in the development of eating disorders Shani Leor, Orit Krispin and Alan Apter; 7. Epidemiology of eating disorders Søren Nielsen; 8. Neuroimaging Janet Treasure and Hans-Christoph Friederich; Part III. Abnormal States: 9. Anorexia Nervosa in children and adolescents Rachel Bryant-Waugh; 10. Eating disorders in boys Brett McDermott; 11. Bingeing and Bulimia Nervosa in children and adolescents Leora Pinhas, Debra K. Katzman, Gina Dimitropoulos and Blake Woodside; 12. Selective eating and other atypical eating problems Dasha Nicholls and Tony Jaffa; 13. Comorbid anxiety and depression and the role of trauma in children and adolescents with eating disorders Timothy D. Brewerton; 14. Eating disorders in children with disabilities and chronic illness Peter B. Sullivan; 15. Childhood obesity Caroline Braet; Part IV. Evidence-Based Care: 16. Assessment and treatment of acute medical complications during the refeeding process Carl Laird Birmingham; 17. Assessment and treatment of chronic medical complications Richard E. Kreipe; 18. Individual psychotherapy Phillipa P. J. Hay and Brett McDermott; 19. Evidence based family psychotherapy interventions James Lock and Jennifer Couturier; 20. Models of service delivery Simon Gowers and Lynne Green; 21. Psychopharmacology and eating disorders Kristine J. Steffen, James L. Roerig and James E. Mitchell; Part V. Public Health Perspectives: 22. Longitudinal perspectives, outcome and prognosis Hans-Christoph Steinhausen; 23. Primary prevention of eating disorders Greta Noordenbos; 24. Strategies for secondary prevention Greta Noordenbos.
