Reading List

Below is a listing of books written about dieting, eating issues and healthy weight myths. This listing is intended to provide the reader with a range of reading materials and thus a listing here does not necessarily constitute EDEN’s endorsement of the books and/or their content

Eating issues

Andersen, A. (2000). Making Weight. Gurze Books

Berg, Frances (2000). Women Afraid to Eat: Breaking free in today’s weight-obsessed world. Healthy Weight Network

Cooke, Kaz  (1994) Real Gorgeous: The Truth About Body and Beauty. Penguin

Pope, H., Phillips, K. & Olivardia, R. (2000) The Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession. Free Press

Siegel, Michelle (1988). Surviving an Eating Disorder – Strategies for Families and Friends. Harper Collins.

Thompson, Becky (1994) A Hunger So Wide and So Deep. University of Minnesota Press.

Young people and eating issues

Berg, F. M. (1997)  Afraid to Eat: Children and Teen in Weight Crisis. Healthy Weight Publishing Network.

Finn, L. (2004) Healthy Kids Happy Kids: Better Health for Larger Kids in New Zealand. Random House

Friedman, Sandra Susan (1997) When Girls Feel Fat: Helping Girls Through Adolescence. Harper Collins.

Hirschmann, J. & Zaphiropoulos, L. (1993) Preventing Childhood Eating Problems: A Practical, Positive Approach to Raising Children Free of Food and Weight Conflicts. CA: Gurze Books.

Pipher, M. (1996) Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Doubleday.

Healthy weight myths

Campos, P. (2004) The Obesity Myth: Why our obsession with weight is hazardous to our health. Penguin.

Fraser, L.  (1997) Losing It: False Hopes and Fat Profits in the Diet Industry. Random House

Gaesser, G. A. (2002) Big Fat Lies: The truth about your weight and your health. Gurze Books

Gard, M. & Wright, J. (2005) TheObesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology. London, Routledge.

Ogden, J. (1992) Fat Chance! The Myth of Dieting Explained. Routledge.

Feminism and eating Issues

Bordo, S. (1993) Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. University of California Press.

Burns, M. & Malson, H. (2009) Critical Feminist Approaches to Dis/Ordered Eating. Routledge.

Fallon, P., Katzman, M.A., & Wooley, S.C. (Editors) (1994) Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders. The Guilford Press

Wolf, N. (1991) The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women. Vintage.

Tools for change

Erdman, C. (1995) Nothing to lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body. HarperCollins Publishers.

Johnston, A.. (2000) Eating in the Light of the Moon: How women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors and storytelling. Gurze Books.

Maisel, R., Epston, D. & Borden, Ali. (2004) Biting the Hand that Starves You: Inspiring Resistance to Anorexia and Bulimia. Norton.

Roth, G. (1982) Feeding the Hungry Heart. Penguin.

Roth, G. (1984) Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating. Penguin

Tribole, E. & Resch, E. (1995) Intuitive Eating A Recovery Book for the Chronic Dieter. St. Martin’s Press.

Matz, J. & Frankel, E. (2006) The Diet Survivor’s Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care. Sourcebooks.

Size acceptance/activism

Cooper, Charlotte. (1998) Fat and Proud: The Politics of Size. The Women’s Press Ltd.

Finn, L. (2000) Largely Happy: Changing Your Mind About Your Body. David Bateman Ltd.

Maine, M. (2000) Body Wars: Making Peace with Women’s Bodies. An Activist’s Guide. Gurze Books.

Wann, M. (1998) Fat!So? Because you don’t have to Apologise for your Size! Ten Speed Press

Note: A free Eating Disorders catalogue with a complete list of classic and current books on eating and body image issues can also be downloaded from the publishers website at www.gurze.com