Introduction: Background to Controversy: The Color of Eating Disorders. Section 1. Opposing Viewpoints on Eating Disorders: Viewpoint 1. Girls Are at Risk for Eating Disorders / Stephanie Booth
Viewpoint 2. Boys Are at Risk for Eating Disorders /Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders
Viewpoint 3. The Media Causes Eating Disorders / Jessica Johnston
Viewpoint 4. Psychological and Biological Factors Cause Eating Disorders / Thom Hartmann
Viewpoint 5. How I Fell Victim to Pro-Eating Disorder Web Sites / L.A. Youth.
Section 2. Model Essays and Writing Exercises. Preface A: The Five-Paragraph Essay
Preface B: The Descriptive Essay
Essay One: Impossible Images: Advertising and Eating Disorders
Exercise A Create an Outline from an Existing Essay. Essay Two: Thinspiration.com: The Deadly World of Online Eating Disorders
Exercise A: Create an Outline from an Existing Essay
Exercise B: Organize and Write Your Own Descriptive Five-Paragraph Essay
Essay Three: There Is No Perfect Body
Exercise A: Practice Writing a Scene with Dialogue
Final Writing Challenge: Write Your Own Descriptive Five-Paragraph Essay
Section 3: Supporting Research Material. Appendix A: Facts About Eating Disorders
Appendix B: Finding and Using Sources of Information
Appendix C: Using MLA Style to Create a Works Cited List
Appendix D: Sample Essay Topics.
