Suggested Reading, Eating Disorders

Frances Berg, Women Afraid to Eat

---------Children and Teens Afraid To Eat

Throughly researched and documented information about how adequate nutrition is compromised by dieting and preoccupation with slenderness on and individual and cultural level.

Joan Jacobs Brumberg, The Body Project

Easy to read historical account of how some of our attitudes about girls' and women's bodies have changed over time, and why

Paul Campos, The Obesity Myth

Compelling argument that "America's obsession with weight is hazardous to your health"

Kim Chernin, The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness

---------The Hungry Self: Women, Eating and Identity

Classics regarding women, relationships and food

Kaz Cooke, Real Gorgeous

Funny, delightful to read, packed with information about personal and cultural issues involving food, weight and body image, plus suggestions for change

Carolyn Costin, The Eating Disorder Sourcebook; A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of Eating Disorders

Overview of information, primarily related to bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Well written and easy to read, it includes chapters on several special topics

Rita Freedman, Beauty Bound

Fascinating review of the role that beauty plays in our culture and in our lives

--------Body Love

Practical, workable suggestions on "Learning To Like Our Looks and Ourselves"

Glenn A. Gaesser, Big Fat Lies

Up to date information about weight, health, fitness, and the dangers of dieting

Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Extremely well written, anguished autobiography. Should not be read by individuals with eating disorders

Joe Kelly, Dads and Daughters

Helpful information about cultural influences on body image as well as great tips for dads

Kirkpatrick and Caldwell, Eating Disorders: Everything You Need To Know

Concise information on a number of related topics

Jean Kilbourne, Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel

Extensively researched and thought provoking commentary on the way our lives are affected by advertising and marketing. Previously published as "Deadly Persuasion"

Caroline Knapp, Appetites: Why Women Want

Thoughtful exploration of wanting, neediness and satiety dealing with food, relationships, material possessions and success

Raymond Lemberg, ed., Eating Disorders: A Reference Sourcebook

Essays by more than 40 authors covering general and specific topics regarding eating disorders

Harvey Levenstein, Revolution at the Table

Fascinating history of cultural eating patterns in the United States in the last two centuries

Mary Pipher, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Excellent analysis of the stresses and pressures faced by girls in modern culture, along with helpful suggestions for the adults in their lives

Marion Nestle, Food Politics

How government agencies, politicians, and manufacturers influence our decisions about what we eat. Well researched and interesting to read

Geneen Roth, When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair

Humorous yet meaningful, "50 ways to feel thin, gorgeous and happy (when you feel anything but)"

Jon Robison and Karen Carrier, The Spirit and Science of Holistic Health

An interesting new approach to illness, healing, and wellness using the Health at Every Size paradigm

Jenni Schaefer with Thom Rutledge, Life Without Ed

First person account of recovering from an eating disorder based on thinking of the disorder as an abusive husband

Christina Sell, Yoga from the Inside Out

Good suggestions for making peace with the body, and using a physical discipline as part of a spiritual path