“A hands-on guide to eating disorder recovery that helps family understand causes of eating disorders and the impact they have on relationships.  Exercises and examples throughout the book demonstrate what to do that will help the entire family change patterns of communication, establish trust and empathy for each other and learn how to understand the family member with the eating disorder.”

 

 

 

“This guide shows parents and family members how to examine and understand how their approach to food and body-image issues affect their child’s behavior.  Parents will learn to identify an eating disorder early, create healthy attitudes, and how to intervene in a nonthreatening and nonjudgmental way.  An appendix and sections on further reading, organizations, websites, residential hospital programs and references are included.”

 

 

Rosie Rudey and the enormous chocolate mountain
Whenever Rosie Rudey gets an empty feeling in her tummy, she'll try to fix it by eating sugary food, especially chocolate. One day Rosie eats far more than she means to, and throws up all over the garden! This is the perfect story to explain to children aged 3-10 the problems of overeating and using food for comfort.

 

 

“This book guides teens on health tips about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and body image disorders.  Information about risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, health consequences are included.” 

 

 

“An immensely reassuring book for any parent who has a son who has or may be developing eating disorder along with the maelstrom of adolescence. Author Langley gives a personal and insightful look at the child who has the eating disorder and how it can seem to take over the household.  She gives a detailed and uncomfortable account of her son’s slow and painful climb back to recovery with hope and a new “normality.””

“Teens struggling with an eating disorder or negative body image will find solace in the riveting real-life stories compiled in this book. In first-person accounts, young adults discuss their efforts to overcome challenges including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. Whether offering details of in-patient treatment, discussing their attempts to find balance in their lives and eating habits, or recounting how the love of a sport helped them overcome an eating disorder, these teens tell their stories with compassion and unflinching honesty, offering guideposts for readers confronting similar issues. “

 

 

“Having a child with 'extreme' picky eating is frustrating and sometimes scary. Children with feeding disorders, food aversions, or selective eating often experience anxiety around food, and the power struggles can negatively impact your relationship with your child. Children with extreme picky eating can also miss out on parties or camp because they can't find "safe" foods. But you don't have to choose between fighting over every bite and only serving a handful of safe foods for years on end.”

 

 

 Living with Your Body and Other Things You Hate 
“Based in proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), Living with Your Body and Other Things You Hate offers a unique approach to addressing your struggle with body image. In this book, you will not be told that your self-perceptions are wrong, that your thoughts are irrational, or that your feelings are misguided. Instead, you will learn to live with the reality that these often painful thoughts and beliefs about yourself will arise from time to time, and that what is really important is accepting these distressing thoughts without allowing them to dominate your life.”