Anorexia & Bulimia: Control That Is Out of Control

Product Description


FACT: About 50% of all people in the U.S. either know someone with an eating disorder or have been personally affected by one.
Whether you are personally struggling with an eating disorder or you know someone who is, this 96-page book offers you key information on the causes, effects, and treatment options for anorexia and bulimia. It answers: What is anorexia and bulimia? What are the symptoms of anorexia? and How can someone recover from these eating disorders?
Anorexia and bulimia feed the minds of those starving for love and acceptance with the wrong answer. But there's hope! After personally counseling people struggling with eating disorders for 30 years, June Hunt has seen firsthand that healing and recovery is possible. This quick-reference guide on eating disorders combines her years of experience with timeless biblical truth, relevant information, and practical action-steps.

Get key definitions, such as what is anorexia? What is anorexia nervosa? What is bulimia? What is "body image?"

Learn how to spot the symptoms of anorexia and the warning signs of bulimia. Find out how eating disorders damage the brain and body, causing everything from seizures, infertility, heart failure, and even death.

Discover the situational and root causes that often lead to eating disorders, such as unresolved pain.

Get practical advice on how to personally overcome an eating disorder or help guide someone through the process. Includes 8 "first steps" to take to begin your journey toward recovery and also gives practical ways to start eating healthier.

Dive into the Word of God and see what it says about your value, your image, and your worth. Be encouraged as you discover your incredible worth through God's eyes and be transformed as you align your thinking with God's thinking.


Recommended resource for pastors, church leaders, youth leaders, children's ministry leaders, parents, concerned friends and family members.
Make no mistake anorexia and bulimia are life-threatening. Here's just a brief overview of the symptoms, signs, and effects of anorexia and bulimia. To find out more detail about the warning signs and how to help those struggling with an eating disorder, get June Hunt's Anorexia and Bulimia: Control That is Out of Control.


About the Author


June Hunt, M.A. Criswell College, is a biblical counselor whose award-winning radio program "Hope for the Heart" is heard on 900 radio outlets around the world. For more than 25 years, she has counseled people, offering them hope for today's problems. June has helped many people with emotional, relational, and spiritual problems experience God's love through biblical hope and practical advice.
Early family pain was the catalyst that shaped June's compassionate heart. Later, as a youth director, she became aware of the need for sound biblical counsel. After years of teaching and research, she developed a scripturally based counseling course covering topics such as marriage and parenting, depression and anger, stress and suicide. These topics are now available as the Aspire Press "Hope for the Heart" booklets.
"Hope from the Heart" is a half-hour teaching broadcast on these important topics in more than 60 countries on 6 continents. "Hope in the Night" is June's live two-hour call-in counseling program that helps people untie their tangled problems on air. Through her warmth, wisdom, and gentle candor, June prompts penetrating dialogue with listeners, often with life-changing results.
"Hope for the Heart" booklets have been published in 27 languages in several formats and are being translated into more. June is a popular guest professor at colleges and seminaries and a sought-after speaker at conferences and religious broadcasting events. She teaches and speaks around the world on topics such as crisis counseling, child abuse, wife abuse, forgiveness, singleness, and self-worth.