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Eating Disorders &
Adolescent Obesity
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  Suggested Reading

GENERAL
  • Title: Help your teenager beat an eating disorder
    Authors: James Lock and Daniel le Grange
    Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2005

    Always harmful and potentially deadly, eating disorders can wreak havoc on families. This powerful and controversial book by top researchers argues that parents are not the culprits but the key to their teen's recovery.
     

  • Title: Eating Disorders: A Handbook for Teens, Families and Teachers
    Webpage: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-1478-9
    Author: Tania Heller, M.D.
    Pages: 174 pgs (paper)

    This guide to eating disorders for teenagers, their families, and others involved in their lives defines what the diseases are, considers who suffers from them and why, discusses the warning signs and complications, and covers associated disorders. It also provides information on body dysmorphia and the treatment and prevention of eating disorders. Numerous resources that can provide help are listed.

    Author Dr. Tania Heller is the Medical Director of the Washington Center for Eating Disorders and Adolescent Obesity in Bethesda, MD. She is also the author of Pregnant! What Can I Do?: A Guide for Teenagers (2002) published by McFarland, and On Becoming a Doctor (2009), published by Sourcebooks.
     

      
  • Title: Overweight: A Handbook for Teens and Parents
    Webpage: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-2082-7
    Author: Tania Heller, M.D.
    Pages: 188 pgs (paper)

    Written for both youth and parents, this work covers the causes and effects of the rise in childhood obesity while presenting straightforward guidelines and recommendations for getting assessed and treated. Information is provided on healthy nutrition and physical activity for young people, tools for self-monitoring and medical conditions associated with weight gain. Numerous helpful resources are listed. Throughout the text, teens themselves describe their weight-related struggles and successes.
     


  • Title: Eating Disorders: A Reference Sourcebook
    Edited by: Raymond Lemberg with Leigh Cohn
    Pages: 256 pgs (paper)
    List Price: $49.95

    This clearly-written guidebook presents an overview of the causes, treatments, and prevention of eating disorders. In addition to anorexia and bulimia, Costin also describes binge eating, EDNOS, and exercise addiction with one chapter devoted solely to men. She explains how food problems are adaptive functions and discusses the influence of heredity. Much of the book addresses various types of therapy.

    Individuals entering recovery and their families will find many of their questions answered about the treatment team, with chapters on nutrition, the psychiatrist's role, medical management, and what to do when outpatient treatment is not enough. Includes descriptions of 20 facilities that specialize in treating eating disorders. Very good!
     

  • Title: Eating Disorder Sourcebook
    Author: Carolyn Costin, M.A., M.Ed., M.F.C.C.
    Pages: 278 pgs (paper)
    List Price: $17.00

    Parents, spouses, and friends of individuals with food problems will find practical guidelines in this book for helping themselves and their loved-ones. The authors examine the psychological components of anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive eating, as well as the family contexts in which they develop. They offer guidance for coping with anger and denial, and for handling daily issues in order to improve the situation -now. This reassuring book will help readers overcome feelings of confusion, helplessness, and anger and take new actions that will encourage the recovery process.

 

FRIENDS AND FAMILY

  • Title: Surviving an Eating Disorder: Perspectives & Strategies for Family & Friends
    Author: Michelle Siegel, Ph.D., Judith Brisman, Ph.D., & Margot Weinshel, Ph.D.
    Pages: 222 pgs (paper)
    List Price: $13.00

    The authors discuss the psychological and behavioral aspects of eating disorders, pharmacology, and family therapy, with an emphasis on: bringing it out in the open, seeking help, coping with anger and denial, developing a healthier relationship and guidance for making the situation better--now.
     


  • Title: When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers
    Author: Abigail H. Natenshon
    Pages: 278 pgs (paper)
    List Price: $22.00

    Combining factual information, sound advice, and written exercises, this workbook is for parents of preteens through college-aged children who want to participate in the recovery process. Divided into three parts, the organization of the book reflects the chronological course of disease and treatment: education about eating disorders, taking action, exploring treatment options, and ideas for assisting with the challenges of recovery.
     


  • Title: Bulimia: A Guide for Friends & Family
    Author: Roberta Trattner Sherman, Ph.D. and Ron A. Thompson, Ph.D.
    Pages: 155 pgs (paper)
    List Price: $17.95

    Using a clear and effective question-and-answer format, this book specifically addresses bulimia with facts and guidelines for friends and relatives to approach a loved-one who has the problem. Chapters include an overview, causes (societal, familial, and individual), understanding the problem (underlying behaviors, thoughts, and emotions), and treatment.
     


  • Title: Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Families, Friends and Sufferers
    Author: Janet Treasure
    Pages: 161 pgs (paper)
    List Price: $18.95

    This book provides necessary information about an .ia nervosa to enable those involved to recognize and address it. The emphasis is on collaboration with separate sections for caregivers and sufferers, and short chapters for professionals, such as teachers, therapists and family doctors. Families who have used and commented on different versions of this book have helped to form its content.

 

MALES WITH EATING PROBLEMS

  • Title: Making Weight: Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape and Appearance
    Author: Arnold Andersen, M.D., Leigh Cohn, M.A.T., Thomas Holbrook, M.D.
    Pages: 256 pgs (paper)
    List Price: $14.95

    This is the first book to explore why so many of today's men are experiencing problems that have traditionally been considered "women's issues." It offers practical solutions for men who are suffering from anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, excessive exercise, steroid abuse, sexual uncertainty based on appearance, or body dissatisfaction.

    Filled with vignettes from their patients; social and historical perspectives; facts about genetics, masculinity, and nutrition; Holbrook's own personal experience in overcoming anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive exercise; and an overview of treatment approaches, Making Weight is a groundbreaking work that will revolutionize how men think about their bodies.