Food / Body Resources
A selection of our favorite literary resources for individuals, families and providers.
Books for Body Image and Self Worth
Love Your Body: Change the Way You Feel About the Body You Have
By Tami Brannon-Quan and Lisa Licavoli
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Body Image Workbook: An 8-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks
By Thomas Cash
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Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes; How to Be Happy and Healthy at Your Natural Weight
By Carol Johnson and Gary Foster
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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
By Sonya Renee Taylor
Books for Children and Caregivers
Books on Food Lifestyle
The Anti Diet: Reclaim your Time, Money, Well-Being and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
By Christy Harrison
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By Evelyn Tribole
teaches a healthy relationship with food, mind, body; approach used by some treatment centers and clinicians in the treatment of eating disorders.
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By Caroline Dooner
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Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop
By Dr Cynthia Bulik
Providing a set of easy-to-implement “curb the crave” techniques that has empowered patients to triumph over their binge eating.
Books for Children and Caregivers
Books for Children and Caregivers
When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step by Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers
By Abigail Nateshon
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Your Child’s Weight: Helping Without Harming, Birth through Adolescence
By Ellyn Satter
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Surviving an Eating Disorder: New Perspectives and Strategies for Family and Friends
By Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman, and Margot Weinshel
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A Very Hungry Girl
By Jessica Weiner​
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Give Food a Chance: Childhood Eating Disorders: A treatment manual for parents and providers.
By Dr Julie O’Toole
Based on Dr O’Toole’s years of clinical experience.
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Full Mouse, Empty Mouse: A Tale of Food and Feelings
By Dina Zeckhausen
One mouse tries eating more food to soothe his distress, and the other stops eating altogether. Helps kids (ages 7–12) realize the importance of talking about feelings and finding comfort in healthy ways.
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Shapesville
By Andy Mills
Five friends of various shapes, sizes, colors, and talents honor what makes each of them unique. Teaches children (ages 3–8) about body image, diversity, and size-esteem.
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By Harriet Brown
A glimpse into life with a child who has ED.
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Throwing Starfish Across the Sea
By Laura Collins and Charlotte Bevan
A primer for parents and caregivers.
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By Laura Collins
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Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder
By Janet Treasure
A guide to feeding and responding to your loved one.
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By Becky Henry
Help in identifying signs of eating disorders, health issues, impact on families, comorbidities, as well as help in overcoming fear and being overwhelmed.
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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
By James Locke and Daniel LaGrange
Provides the tools you need to build a united family front that attacks the illness to ensure that your child develops nourishing eating habits and life-sustaining attitudes, day by day, meal by meal.
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Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts and Aggressive Behaviors
By Pat Harvey
An effective guide to de-escalating your child's emotions and helping your child express feelings in productive ways.
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Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders
By Eva Musby
Eva draws on her family's successful use of evidence-based treatment to empower you to support your child through recovery.
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Please Eat… A Mother’s Struggle to Free her Teenage Son From Anorexia
By Bev Mattocks
An inspirational account of how Bev watched helplessly as her son transformed into someone she didn’t recognize, physically and mentally, and how he slowly recovered with the help of his parents and therapist.
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By June Alexander
Ten families share their experiences of living with anorexia. Includes using the Maudsley family-based treatment approach, plus expert advice and strategies
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Treating Bulimia in Adolescents: A Family-Based Approach
By Dr James Lock and Dr Daniel le Grange
A helpful resource for parents with children with purging type anorexia as well as bulimia.
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I Will Not Give Up on My Daughter
By Anna Begone
A remarkably honest and chilling account of the anxiety and darkness that descends on a family when one of its members becomes a victim of anorexia