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General
Eating and Body Image Concerns in Diverse Populations
Children, Teens, and Young Women
Large Women
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General

Bennett, William, and Gurin, Joel. Dieter’s Dilemma. NY: Basic Books, 1992.

Berg, Francis. Health Risks of Weight Loss. Hettinger, ND: Healthy Weight Journal, 1995.

Bernell, Bonnie.  Bountiful Women. Berkeley: Wildcat Canyon Press, 2000.

Brumberg, Joan. Fasting Girls. NY: Penguin, 1988.

___________, The Body Project. NY: Random House, 1997.

Cagnon, Denise, and Groves, Gail. Her Wits About Her: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women. NY: Harper and Row, 1987.

Cooke, Kaz. Real Gorgeous. NY: Norton, 1996.

Dixon, Monica. Love the Body You Were Born With. New York: Perigee, 1996.

Foreyt, John, and Goodrick, Ken. Living without Dieting. Houston: Harrison, 1992.

Foster, Patricia (Ed.). Minding the Body: Women Writers on Body and Soul. New York: Anchor, 1994.

Fraser, Laura. Losing It: America’s Obsession with Weight and the Industry that Feeds on It. New York: Dutton, 1997.

Friedman, Lenore & Moon, Susan (Eds.) Being Bodies. Boston: Shambala, 1997.

Gaesser, Glenn. Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health. New York: Ballantine, 1996.

Gottlieb, Lori.  Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

Hall, Lindsay. Full Lives. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze, 1995.

Hillman, Carolyn. Love Your Looks. NY: Fireside, 1996.

Hirschmann, Jane, and Munter, Carol. When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies. New York: Ballantine, 1995.

Hutchinson, Marcia Germaine. Transforming Body Image. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1985.

_____________.  200 Ways to Love the Body You Have. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1999.

Kesten, Deborah. Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul. Berkeley, Conari, 1997.

Lawrence, Marilyn (Ed.). Fed Up and Hungry: Women, Oppression and Food. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1987.

Nichter, Mimi.  Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.

Orbach, Susie. Fat is a Feminist Issue. NY: Berkley, 1978.

Ornstein, Davis, and Sobel, David. Healthy Pleasures. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1989.

Phillips, Jan, Conheim, Cathy, and Forester, Christine. A Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind.  La Jolla, CA: Breakthrough Press, 2000.

Polivy, Janet, and Herman, C. Peter. Breaking the Diet Habit. NY: Basic Books, 1983.

Radcliffe, Rebecca Ruggles. Dance Naked in Your Living Room: Handling Stress and Finding Joy. *

Raskin, Valerie Davis. When Words are not Enough. NY: Broadway, 1997.

Real, Terrrence. I Don’t Want to Talk about It. NY: Fireside, 1997.

Rodin, Judith. Body Traps. NY: Morrow, 1992.

Roth, Geneen. Appetites. New York: Dutton, 1996.

Sault, Nicole. Many Mirrors: Body Image and Social Relations. New Brunswisk, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1994.

Schwartz, Hillel. Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies, and Fat. NY: Free Press, 1986.

Seligman, Martin. Learned Optimism. NY: Pocket Books, 1990.

_____________ . What You Can Change and What You Can’t. NY: Knopf Books, 1994.

Siegel, Michelle, Brisman, Judith, and Weinshel, Margot. Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends. NY: Harper and Row, 1988.

Tribole, Evelyn. Intuitive Eating: A Recovery Book for the Chronic Dieter. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1995.

Wann, Marilyn. Fat! So? Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1998.

Waterhouse, Debra. Like Mother, Like Daughter.

Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth. NY: Morrow, 1991.

Zerbe, Katherine. The Body Betrayed. Carlsbad, California: Gurze Books, 1995.

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Eating and Body Image Concerns in Diverse Populations

Anderson, Arnold (Ed.). Males with Eating Disorders. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1990.

Atkins, Dawn (Ed.). Looking Queer. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1998.

Donley, Carol, and Buckley, Sheryl (Eds.). The Tyranny of the Normal. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1996.

Thompson, Becky. A Hunger So Wide and So Deep. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.

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Children, Teens, and Young Women

Berg, Frances.  Afraid to Eat. Hettinger, ND: Healthy Weight Publishing Network, 1997.

Brumberg, Joan. Fasting Girls. NY: Penguin, 1988.

___________, The Body Project. NY: Random House, 1997.

Cagnon, Denise, and Groves, Gail. Her Wits About Her: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women. NY: Harper and Row, 1987.

Cooke, Kaz. Real Gorgeous. NY: Norton, 1996.

Edut, Ophira (ed.). Adios, Barbie. Seal Press, 1998.

Friedman, Sandra.  Nurturing Girl Power. Vancouver: Salal Books, 2000.

Gottlieb, Lori.  Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

Gray, Heather, and Phillips, Samantha. Real Girl, Real World: Tools for Finding Your Real Self. Seal Press, 1998.

Nichter, Mimi.  Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.

Seligman, Martin. Learned Optimism. NY: Pocket Books, 1990.

_____________ . What You Can Change and What You Can’t. NY: Knopf Books, 1994.

Siegel, Michelle, Brisman, Judith, and Weinshel, Margot. Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends. NY: Harper and Row, 1988.

Wann, Marilyn. Fat! So? Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1998.

Waterhouse, Debra. Like Mother, Like Daughter.

 

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Large Women

Bernell, Bonnie.  Bountiful Women.  Berkeley: Wildcat Canyon Press, 2000.

Blank, Hanne.  Big Big Love. Emeryville, CA: Greenery Press, 2000.

Bruno, Barbara Altman. Worth Your Weight. Bethel, CT: Rutledge, 1996. 

Erdman, Cheri. Nothing to Lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body. San Francisco: Harper, 1995.

____________. Live Large! San Francisco: Harper, 1997.

Gaesser, Glenn. Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health. New York: Ballantine, 1996.

Goodman, Charisse. The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in America. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze, 1995.

Johnson, Carol. Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes. NY: Doubleday-Bantam, 1995.

Lawrence, Marilyn (Ed.). Fed Up and Hungry: Women, Oppression and Food. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1987.


Lyons, Pat, and Burgard, Debby. Great Shape: The First Fitness Guide for Large Women. NY: Morrow, 1988.

Millman, Marcia. Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America. NY: Norton, 1980.

Schoenfeld, Lisa. Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression. Iowa City: Aunt Lute Press, 1983.

Schwartz, Hillel. Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies, and Fat. NY: Free Press, 1986.

Solovay, Sondra.  Tipping the Scales of Justice.  Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2000.

Sullivan, Judy. Size Wise. NY: Avon, 1997.

Thompson, Becky. A Hunger So Wide and So Deep. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.

Wann, Marilyn. Fat! So? Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1998.

Weston, Michelle.  Learning Curves: Living Your Life in Full and with Style.  NY: Crown, 2000.

Wiley, Carol. Journeys to Self-Acceptance: Fat Women Speak. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1994.

 

For more books, check the Gurze catalogue at www.gurze.com 

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