Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Early parental influence and risk for the emergence of disordered eating / Jennifer O. Fisher, Meghan M. Sinton, and Leann L. Birch -- Defining eating disorders in children / Beth Watkins and Bryan Lask -- Body image in girls / Eleanor H. Wertheim, Susan J. Paxton, and Simone Blaney -- Body image in preadolescent boys / Lina A. Ricciardelli, Marita P. McCabe, Alexander J. Mussap, and Kate E. Holt -- Overweight, eating behaviors, and body image in ethnically diverse youth / Debra L. Franko and Jessica B. Edwards George -- Cross-cultural issues in body image among children and adolescents / Eileen Anderson-Fye -- Risk factors in the development of body image, eating problems, and obesity / Linda Smolak -- Proximal causes and behaviors associated with pediatric obesity / Eve Kutchman ... [et al.] -- Assessment of body image in children and adolescents / Tovah Yanover and J. Kevin Thompson -- Assessment of eating disturbances in children and adolescents / Drew A. Anderson ... [et al.] -- Recent developments and promising directions in the prevention of negative body image and disordered eating in children and adolescents / Michael P. Levine and Linda Smolak. -

Obesity prevention : strategies to improve effectiveness and reduce harm / Katherine W. Bauer, Jess Haines, and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer -- Treatment of eating disorders in childhood and adolescence / Steffanie Sperry, Megan Roehrig, and J. Kevin Thompson -- Behavioral treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity / Myles S. Faith, Julia Kerns, and Lisa Diewald -- Plastic surgery for children and adolescents / David B. Sarwer, Alison L. Infield, and Canice E. Crerand.