At fourteen, Kelsey Osgood became fascinated by the stories of women who starved themselves. She devoured their memoirs and magazine articles, committing the most salacious details of their cautionary tales to memory--how little they ate, their lowest weights, and their merciless exercise regimes--to learn what it would take to be the very best anorectic. When she was hospitalized for anorexia at fifteen, she found herself in an existential wormhole:...

Determine if your eating behaviors are a problem, develop strategies to change unhealthy patterns, and learn when and how to get professional help when needed with this practical, engaging guide to taking care of yourself when you are not a full-blown anorexic. Every day millions of us struggle with eating. We stand at the mirror wondering how we can face the day when we look so fat. We over-exercise. We skip meals, go on fad diets, and scan labels...

"A personal and cultural look at the dark underbelly of Western beauty standards and the lethal culture of disordered eating they've wrought. In Dead Weight, Emmeline Clein tells the story of her own disordered eating alongside and through other women from history, pop culture and the girls she's known and loved. Tracing the medical and cultural history of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Orthorexia, Clein investigates the economic conditions underpinning our...

La sanación de la obesidad va mucho más allá de la creencia de que nuestro único problema es el peso y que una vez que esté controlado con alguna dieta, todo se arreglará. La verdadera solución pasa por reconocer que muchas veces el hambre que sentimos no es fisiológica, sino que obedece a necesidades emocionales que de no ser escuchadas y atendidas persistiran con su conocida carga de ansiedad y culpa.

Stories I Tell My Patients by Arnold Andersen, MD has been an intermittent feature in Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention from 1993 to 2015. The complete set of 101 stories is collected here in one volume for the first time. Combining myth, metaphor, fable, tall tale, and inventive fantasy, they were originally intended for professionals treating eating disorders to read and share with their clients, though they can also be read...

La obesidad es omnipresente hoyEn muchas ciudades, más de la mitad de los adultos son obesos y muchos de los niños también lo son. Uno de los mayores contribuyentes a la obesidad es el atracón de comida. El atracón de comida es cuando alguien se ve obligado a comer compulsivamente y sigue comiendo pasando el punto de plenitud e incluso llegando el punto de dolor físico. A menudo se realiza en un estado alterado de conciencia en el que el comensal...

"How can Chasing Hunger, the 90 day Bulimia Breakthrough Method help me with my recovery? Whether you are in recovery and taking care of yourself at home now, or attempting to help yourself make a decision about seeking help, this book offers specific step-by-step strategies to help you target areas that can trigger binge eating. In Chasing Hunger, understanding the source that can trigger such behaviour like having certain emotions trigger a binge...

Surviving an Eating Disorder has become a classic since it was first published in 1988. It was one of the first books to offer effective support and solutions for family, friends, and all others who are the "silent sufferers" of eating disorders. This updated and revised edition provides the latest information on how parents, spouses, friends, and professionals can thoughtfully determine the right course of action in their individual situations. With...

For 11 years, I lived with Lillie, my secret eating disorder. She crept like a shadow, invading every corner of my life, stealing my joy and whispering sweet you'll-be-nothings. Now, I'm free and happy and I want to share my secrets of freedom with you. * If you're holding this book, there's a part of you that wants your life back. That part of you stretches to believe in the possibility of recovery and a life of freedom and happiness. Throwing...