E. Self Esteem and Body Image

Books:

Afraid to Eat: Children and Teens in Weight Crisis
Frances M. Berg
Hettinger, ND: Healthy Weight Journal, c1997. 310 pp.
Summary: Book deals with dysfunctional eating, eating disorders, self-esteem issues and weight control. The author also looks at developing healthy eating habits, preventing eating disorders at home and at school and obesity prevention programs.

Am I Fat? : Helping Young Children Accept Differences in Body Size : Suggestions for Teachers, Parents, and Other Care Providers of Children to Age 10
Joanne Ikeda, Priscilla Naworski.
Santa Cruz, CA: ETR Associates, 1992. 117 pp.
Summary: Excellent book about self-esteem and body size in children.

The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Joan Jacob Brumberg
New York, NY: Random House. 267 pp.
Summary: Traces the changes in the way adolescence has changed over the past century and the impact this has had on the American culture and body image.

Girl Power in the Mirror: a Book About Girls, Their Bodies, and Themselves
Helen Cordes
Minneapolis, MN: Learner Publications, 2000. 80 pp.
Summary: A book written for young women that talks about what ways to improve self esteem and make peace with your body. The book focuses on the fact that people come in all shapes and sizes. It also deals with developing a healthy relationship w ith food.

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, NY: 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.

Self Esteem Comes in All Sizes: How to be Happy and Healthy at Your Natural Weight
Chapter 12: "So you still want to lose weight?"
Carol A. Johnson
New York, NY: Doubleday, 1995.
Summary: Chapter talks about the dangers of dieting, weight loss medications, and eating disorders. This chapter also details healthy lifestyles that will promote self esteem and enjoyment of food.

Women Afraid to Eat : Breaking Free in Today's Weight-Obsessed World
Frances M. Berg; edited by Kendra Rosencrans.
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.

Articles:

"Bodyworks; That’s not fit, that’s sick; Pursuit of the perfect body can take instructors—and their students—to unhealthy places"
Carol Krucoff
Washington Post, 5 September 2000: Z9 (Health Section)

"Everyday I would eat less and less (teenage boys and eating disorders)."
Laura Pappano
Good Housekeeping, August 2000: 116.

"A new body politic: learning to like the way we look."
Leslie Berger
New York Times, July 18, 2000: F7 (Science Times Pages).

"Raise a kid with a healthy body image."
Carol Weston
Redbook, April 1999: 153.

"Unraveling the Adonis Complex."
Harrison G. Pope Jr. MD
Psychiatric Times, March 2001: v. 17 n 3.
Summary: Article is on muscle dysmorphia and male eating disorders.

Audiovisual Materials:

Body Talk: Teens Talk About Their Bodies
Gary Felder, Connie Sobczak
Berkeley, CA: Body Positive, c1999.
Videocassette (28 min.) (VHS)
Summary: Video shows teens (male and female) from diverse ethnic, body size and socio-economic backgrounds discussing the messages they receive form the media, family, and friends about their bodies and eating patterns. Focuses on their resulting struggles, how they resist change and how they heal.