Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ568453
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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The Portrayal of Obese Adolescents.
Beineke, Rachel
ALAN Review, v25 n3 p44-45 Spr 1998
Takes a personal approach to the lives of overweight teenagers and suggests some adolescent novels that explore such lives. Notes, however, that most such novels end unrealistically with the adolescent losing weight and gaining popularity. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Characterization, Eating Disorders, Novels, Obesity
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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