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| The Guide to Self-Help Books |
Eating Disorders |
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Breaking Free from Emotional Eating
Geneen Roth A best-selling book from Geneen Roth who eloquently describes her experience of compulsive eating. She explains with empathy and compassion how to stop judging oneself and how to get off the diet merry-go-round. 1993, Plume Books | ||
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Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia – A Practical and Life-Saving Guide
Ira Sacker and Marc Zimmer This highly rated self-help book focuses on the private worlds of anorexics and bulimics. A valuable source of information for persons with an eating disorder, for their family and friends, the book includes personal stories, useful information and valuable resources. The complexity of eating disorders is fully explored, giving the reader insight and helpful information. 2001, Warner Books | ||
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The Eating Disorder Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments and Prevention of Eating Disorders
Carolyn Costin Costin, a recovered anorexic and an eating disorder specialist, provides a comprehensive look at eating disorders which includes nutritional, psychological and bio-chemical approaches. Up-to-date on information on treatment programs, family therapy and support groups. 1999, McGraw-Hill | ||
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Eating Well for Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Bringing Health and Pleasure Back to Eating
Andrew Weil After a thorough rundown of nutritional basics and a primer on vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals, Weil unveils what he feels is “the best diet in the world” with 85 recipes that are healthy, tasty, and quick to prepare. He includes a stirring chapter on safe weight loss, tips for eating out, and shopping for food. The book is not afraid to lambaste the diet industry and to empower the public with information about which the majority of doctors are ignorant. 2001, Perennial Currents | ||
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Fat is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-Diet Guide for Women
Susie Orbach This ground-breaking program shows women how to avoid the dieting/binging cycle and teaches practical and effective techniques to no longer turn to food to fill emotional and psychological needs. 1997, BBS Publishing Corporation | ||
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Feeding the Fame: Celebrities Tell Their Real-life Stories of Eating Disorders And Recovery
Gary Stromberg, Jane Merrill This book is a collection of inspiring interviews with famous writers, models, actors, athletes, and other celebrities who have overcome eating disorders and who courageously share their personal struggles and triumphs. 2006, Hazelden | ||
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Feeding the Hungry Heart: The Experience of Compulsive Eating
Geneen Roth Best-selling author Geneen Roth describes her time as an emotional overeater and self-starver. After years of struggle, she finally broke free from the destructive cycle of binging and purging. This is an inspiring book, helping the reader win the battle against the hunger that goes deeper than a need for food. 1993, Plume Books | ||
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Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders Patricia Fallon et.al., eds. A collection of twenty-two essays by therapists, academics and philosophers which explores the phenomenon of eating disorders from a feminist perspective. The history of eating disorders, treatment issues, the effects of media and the need for further education and research are addressed. 1996, Guilford | ||
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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder James Lock, Daniel le Grange The authors emphasize the need for parents to take immediate action in obtaining help for their teens and not to dwell on the "why." This comprehensive book summarizes recent research and moves on to help parents understand eating disorders, looking at the distorted thinking behind a teenagers behavior and what the research says about the best ways to treat anorexia and bulimia. 2005, The Guilford Press | ||
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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch Publishers Weekly calls this book "sound and supportive . . . This nurturing volume will find an eager audience in all those who are tired of living in the land of forbidden foods and the latest, greatest diet fad." Written by two prominent nutritionists, Intuitive Eating focuses on nurturing your body rather than starving it, encourages natural weight loss, and helps you find the weight you were meant to be. 2003, St. Martin's Griffin |
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It's Not about Food: Change Your Mind; Change Your Life; End Your Obsession with Food and Weight Carol Emery Normandi, Laurelee Roark The authors address the physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds that lie at the core of unhealthy eating behavior. This compassionate, supportive book shows how women can change their minds about food and weight and put an end to the roller coaster of dieting and bingeing once and for all. 1999, Perigee Trade |
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Never Too Thin: Why Women Are at War with Their Bodies Roberta Seid Social historian Seid chronicles and analyzes the growth and development of the current emphasis on diet and fitness, examining in depth the influence of the fashion, fitness, and food industries. She concludes that the cultural preoccupation with thinness contributes to weight problems rather than counter-acting them. This book is a great antidote to the ever-increasing plague of diet books. 1991, Prentice-Hall | ||
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Psychosomatic Families: Anorexia Nervosa in Context
Salvador Minuchin, et. al. This classic book was the first to apply the techniques of family therapy to the treatment of eating disorders. Minuchin argues for a broader view of this symptom that encompasses the family system as a whole. The book reveals a number of communication patterns that are typically found in anorexic families such as enmeshment, excessive tendencies to nurture or protect, and the failure to acknowledge or address emotional claims. The book is of interest to professionals who treat eating disorders as well as to those struggling with eating disorders in their own lives. 1978, Harvard University Press | ||
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Overcoming Binge Eating
Christopher Fairburn This is a lucid and comprehensive account of the nature and treatment of binge eating by one of the world's leading clinical researchers. It includes a detailed self-help program with state of the art techniques for overcoming binge eating. 1995, The Guilford Press; Reissue edition | ||
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When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself From Food and Weight Obsession Jane Hirschmann and Carol Munter “I am a recovering anorexic and reading this book has been the biggest help on my road to recovery . . . I read this book like I read the Bible, and I want every woman out there to know that fat is not bad, food is not the enemy and that there is nothing wrong with the way you are at this very moment.” (from an Amazon reviewer) 1997, Ballantine Books | ||
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When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair
Geneen Roth Laced with humor and feet-on-the-ground telling the truth, this book addresses the secret ways in which we undermine our best intentions. 1998, Hyperion |
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