Eating Disorders Resources

Boone-O’Neill, Cherry

Dear Cherry
(letters and responses from readers)

Starving for Attention
(testimonial of an anorexic)

Bruch, Hilde

The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa, 1978.
(eating disorders, family dynamics)

Cauwels, Janice

Bulimia: The Binge-Purge Compulsion, 1983.

Chernin, Kim

The Hungry Self: Women, Eating & Identity, 1985.
(psychological aspects behind eating disorders)

The Obsession, 1981.
(society’s expectations of women & body size)

Reinventing Eve, 1987.

Dixon, Monica

Love the Body You Were Born With, 1994.

Fallon, Patricia

Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders, 1994.

Freedman, Rita

Body Love: Learning to Like Our Looks and ourselves, 1998.

Hirschmann, Jane R. and Carol H. Munter

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself From Food and Weight Obsession, 1995.

Hollis, Judi

Fat is a Family Affair, 1985.

Hutchinson, Marcia Germaine

Transforming Body Image: Learning to Love the Body You Have, 1985.

Jordan, Levitz, and Kimbrell

Eating is Okay
(how to change eating habits)

Kano, Susan

Making Peace with Food, 1989.
(Self-help book with exercises)

Kinoy, Barbara P

When Will We Laugh Again?: Living and Dealing with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, 1984.

Latimer, Jane E.

Beyond the Food Game: A Spiritual and Psychological Approach to Healing Emotional Eating, 1993.

Levenkron, Steven

The Best Little Girl in the World, 1978.

Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa, 1982.

Liu, Aimee

Solitaire: A Young Woman’s Triumph Over Anorexia Nervosa, 1979.

Newman, Leslea

Good Enough to Eat. 1986.
(testimonial of a bulimic)

Orbach, Susie

Fat is a Feminist Issue (I & II), 1982.
(study of weight and women’s role in society)

The Hunger Strike,
(women’s responses to society’s expectations)

Pipher, Mary

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, 1994

Roth, Geneen

Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating, 1986.

Feeding the Hungry Heart: The Experience of Compulsive Eating, 1987.
(women’s many hungers: attention, love, identity...)

Why Weight?, 1989.

When Food Is Love, 1992.

Siegel, Brisman, and Weinshel

Surviving an Eating Disorder, 1988.

Sird, Roberta Pollack

Never Too Thin, 1989.

Squire, Susan

The Slender Balance: Causes and Cures for Bulimia, Anorexia, and the Weight Loss/Weight Gain Seesaw, 1983.

Thompson, Ron and Roberta Sherman Tratmer

Helping Athletes with Eating Disorders, 1993.

Tribole, evelyn and Elyse Resch

Intuitive Eating: A recovery Book for the Chronic Dieter, 1995.

White, William C. and Marlene Boskin White

Bulimarexia: Binge-Purge Cycle, 1983.

Woodman, Marion

The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter
(obesity and anorexia nervosa)