Recommended Nutrition & Body Image Books

Eating Disorders & Body Image

Be sure to check out Gurze Books Eating Disorders Resource Catalog at www.bulimia.com. Includes several self-help books (for anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, compulsive exercise, and body image), as well as books for family and friends. Below is a sampling.

For Girls & Women:

• Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: Feeling Good About Your Body and Self After 40. By Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D. 2004.

• Body Love: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves: A Practical Guide for
  Women. By Frita Freedman, PhD. 2002.

• Body Wars: Making Peace with Women’s Bodies. Margo Maine, PhD. 2000.

• The Athletic Woman’s Survival Guide: How to Win the Battle Against Eating Disorders, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis. Carol Otis, MD and Roger Goldingay. 2000.

• Women Afraid to Eat: Breaking Free in Today’s Weight-Obsessed World. Frances Berg. 1999.

(For middle school-age girls)

• The Right Moves: A Girl’s Guide to Getting Fit & Feeling Good. Tina Schwager & Michelle Schuerger. 2001

• Girl Power in the Mirror: A Book about Girls, Their Bodies, and Themselves. Helen Cordes. 1999

(For high school-age girls)

• The Beginner’s Guide to Eating Disorder Recovery. Nancy Kolodny, MSW, LCSW. 2004.

• No Body's Perfect: Stories by Teens about Body Image, Self-Acceptance, and
  the Search for Identity. Kimberly Kirberger. 2003.

• Over It: A Teen’s Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food & Weight. Carol Emery Normandi, MS,MFT and Laurelee Roark, MA,CCHT. 2001.

For Men:

• Looking Good: Male Body Image in Modern America. Lynne Luciano. 2001

• The Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession. Harrison Pope, MD; Katherine Phillips, MD; and Roberto Olivardia, PhD. 2000.

• Making Weight: Healing Men’s Conflicts with Food, Weight, and Shape. Arnold Andersen, MD; Leigh Cohn, MAT, Thomas Holbrook, MD. 2000.

For Friends & Family:

• Helping Your Child Overcome an Eating Disorder: What You Can Do at Home. Bethany Teachman, Marlene Schwartz, Bonnie Gordic and Brenda Coyle. 2003.

• Surviving an Eating Disorder: Perspectives and Strategies for Family and Friends. Michelle Siegel, PhD, Judith Brisman, PhD, and Margot Weinshel, PhD. 1997.

• Your Dieting Daughter: Is She Dying for Attention? Carolyn Costin, MA, MEd, MFCC. 1997.

For Mom, Dads & Daughters:

• Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand, and Support Your Daughter When She’s Growing Up So Fast. Joe Kelly. 2002.

• Nourishing your Daughter: Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and Her Body. Carol Beck. 2001.

• Like Mother, Like Daughter. Debra Waterhouse, MPH, RD. 1997.

Family Feeding

• Food, Fun n’ Fitness: Designing Healthy Lifestyles for Our Children. Mary Friesz, PhD, RD 2002.

• Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense. Ellyn Satter, MS, RD, CICSW. 2000

• Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family. Ellyn Satter, MS, RD, CICSW. 1999.

• How to Get Your Kid to Eat…But Not Too Much. Ellyn Satter, MS, RD, CICSW. 1987

General Nutrition & Cookbooks

• Eating on the Run. 3rd Edition. Evelyn Tribole, RD. 2004.

• Nutrition Logic: Food First, Supplements Second. Marie Dunford, PhD, RD. 2003.

• The American Dietetic Association’s Complete Food and Nutrition Guide. 2nd Edition. Roberta Larson Duyff, RD. 2002.

• Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas. Brenda Ponichtera, RD. 1998

• Lickety-Split Meals for Health Conscious People on the Go. Zonya Foco, RD. 1998.

• Quickflip to Delicious Dinners. Eileen Faughey, MA, RD. 1996.

(For Teens)

• Fuel for Young Athletes. Ann Litt, MS, RD, LD. 2004

• Fueling the Teen Machine. Ellen Shanley and Colleen Thompson. 2001

(For College Students)

• The College Student’s Guide to Eating Well on Campus. Ann Litt, MS, RD, LD. 2000.

• The Reluctant, Nervous, Lazy, Broke, Confused College Student's Cookbook. Joshua Lambert. 2001

• Healthy College Cookbook: Quick, Cheap, Easy. Alexandra Nimetz, Jason Stanley, Emeline Starr. 1999.

Sports Nutrition

• Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook. 3rd Edition. Nancy Clark, MS, RD. 2003.

• Power Eating: Build Muscle, Gain Energy, Lose Fat. 2nd Edition. Susan Kleiner, PhD, RD. 2001.

• Endurance Sports Nutrition. Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RD. 2000.

Vegetarian Nutrition & Cookbooks
Be sure to check out the Vegetarian Resource Group at www.vrg.org for more books.

• Meatless Meals for Working People: Quick and Easy Vegetarian Recipes. 3rd Edition. Debra Wasserman and Charles Stahler. 2001.

• The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide. Lisa Dorfman, RD. 2000.

• Simply Vegan. 3rd Edition. Debra Wasserman and Reed Mangels, PhD, RD. 1999.

• The Vegetarian Way. Virginia Messina, RD, MPH and Mark Messina, PhD. 1996.

Weight Management Books: Non Dieting Approach

• Underage & Overweight: America’s Obesity Crisis-What Every Family Needs to Know. Frances Berg, MS, LN. 2004.

• Intuitive Eating: A Recovery Book for the Chronic Dieter. Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD and Elyse Resch, MS, RD. 2nd Edition. 2003.

• Eating Well, Living Well: When You Can’t Diet Anymore. Glen Gaesser, PhD and Karin Kratina, MA, RD. 2000.

• Don’t Diet, Live It Workbook. Andrea LoBue, LMFCC and Marsea Marcus, LMFCC. 1999.

Sheri Barke, MPH, RD
COC, Student Health & Wellness Center
Rev. 2004