Barbara Tener
Barbara Tener, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and therapist in Menlo Park, CA, who specializes in providing eating disorders treatment and therapy. For more information about Barbara's practice and how you can get the help you need, visit http://www.positivebodynow.com.
Articles by this Author
What Everyone Should Know About Eating Disorders
- By Barbara Tener
- Published 22 September 2011
- Unrated
Eating disorders affect an estimated 8 million Americans and approximately 7 million of these are women. These statistics naturally lead to the question of what causes people -- especially young women -- to obsess over their weight to the extent they develop a serious eating disorder? Furthermore, what can be done to help them before and after they develop an eating disorder?