Mervat Nasser looks at the recent emergence of eating disorders in non-Western cultures and links it to the same socio-cultural model of causation as found in the Western world. This leads her to examine the limitations of the concept of culture. 'This is a brief book with universal ambitions. I enjoyed it, and I am sure that any student of eating disorders will find it both fascinating and provocative.' - The Lancet'[Mervat Nasser] writes with the greatest insight and knowledge about her own well-known studies into eating disorders in Cairo and Britain, and the position of women in Egypt.' - European Council on Eating Disorders Newsletter'I enjoyed this book. It is clearly the fruit of wide reading and reflection. Dr Nasser offers a fresh perspective on eating disorders in non-western cultures and speculates on a series of major themes - women's roles and expectations, feminism and globalization - to shed light on the aetiology of eating disorders worldwide. One does not have to agree with all the author's judgements to find much that is stimulating in this book.' - European Eating Disorders Review