Breaking the Diet Habit: the Natural Weight
Alternative
Janet Polivy, C.Peter Herman.
New York: Basic Books, c1983. 232 pp.
Summary: One of the early seminal works on eating
disorders. Discusses the idea of genetic set point and
the non-diet approach. Title is currently out of print,
but may be available in your local library.
Dying to be Thin
Ira M. Sacker and Marc A. Zimmer
New York, NY: Warner Books, c1987 (updated 1995). 259
pp.
Summary: Good Information on the development and
treatment of eating disorders.
Eating Disorders: Everything You Need to Know
Jim Kirkpatrick and Paul Caldwell
Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2001. 195 pp.
Summary: Excellent consumer level resource on
eating disorders that discusses various forms of the
disorder and their histories, complicating factors of
eating disorders, and issues of therapy and recovery.
The Eating Disorder Sourcebook: A Comprehensive
Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of
Eating Disorders
Chapters 1-6, pp. 1-76.
Chapter 13, pp. 191-212.
Chapter 17, pp. 275-282.
Carolyn Costin
Los Angeles, CA: Lowell House, 1999.
Summary: Chapters 1-6 give a good general
overview of the history and diagnostic criteria of
eating disorders. Chapter 13 discusses the role of
Nutrition Education and nutrition therapy in the
management of an eating disorder. Chapter 17 suggest s
ways to increase awareness and prevent eating disorders.
Helping Athletes with Eating Disorders –
Chapters 4-7
Ron A. Thompson and Roberta Trattner Sherman
Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers, 1993. pp.
67-172.
Summary: Chapters 4-7 cover athletes with eating
disorders, managing those athletes (including sports
issues) and education/prevention. The book also
discusses the incidences and types of eating disorders
found in males.
Intuitive Eating: A Recovery Book for the Chronic
Dieter: Rediscover the Pleasures of Eating and Rebuild
Your Body Image
Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 237 pp.
Summary: This book focuses on substituting
intuitive (demand) eating for dieting. It asks the
reader to: reject the diet mentality, focus on eating
when you are hungry, exercise, respect your body and
understand what can be changed and what cannot , while
defining healthy eating and portion size.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent
Girls
Chapter 9: "Worshiping the gods of thinness."
Mary Pipher
New York, NY: Ballentine Books, 1994.
Summary: None available
Surviving an Eating Disorder: New Perspectives and
Strategies for Family and Friends
Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman, Margot Weinshel.
New York, NY: Harper & Row, c1988. (Updated 1997). 212
pp.
Summary: Deals with psychological issues, family
relationships, and what to do if you or family members
have an eating disorder.
Women Afraid to Eat : Breaking Free in Today's
Weight-Obsessed World
Frances M. Berg; Kendra Rosencrans, editor
Hettinger, ND: Healthy Weight Network, c2001. 380 pp.
Summary: Provides a good overview of Eating
Disorders from a female perspective.
The book deals with weight obsession and the resulting
"dysfunctional eating."
Topics included are: eating disorders, the consequences
of weight loss and dieting, and the effects of
starvation. Part II focuses on healthy eating, healthy
body image and self esteem issues. Excellent appendix
and bibliographic references.
"Diary of an eating disorder."
Laurie Tarkan
Shape, November 1998: 116(7).
"Eating Disorders and Diabetes."
Diabetes Forecast, April 1997.
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesforecast/97apr/pg26.htm
"Exposing the perils of eating disorders."
Jane E. Brody
New York Times, 12 December 2000: F8.
"Immigrant girls are starving to be American studies
find."
Emily Wax
Washington Post, 6 March 2000: B01.
"Little girls who won’t eat: the alarming new
epidemic of eating disorders."
Judith Newman
Redbook, October 1997: 120-127.
"Obsessed fear and loathing of food."
Suzanne Schlosberg
Shape, March 1998: 100(5).
"Starve Wars (eating disorders)."
Nancy Clark
American Fitness, March 2001: 54.
