| Emotional Eating: What You Need to Know Before Starting Your Next Diet Revised Edition Contributor(s): Abramson, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 078794047X ISBN-13: 9780787940478 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Read This Book Before You Start Your Next DietThere is nothing emotionally neutral about eating. Food and feelings are so powerfully intertwined that depression, anxiety, boredom, and loneliness can transform a harmless nosh into an out-of-control binge.How can you lose weight when your emotions keep getting in the way?Dr. Edward Abramson has developed a proven plan that can help almost anyone get off the Andless roller coaster of emotional eating and learn how to take control. Based on solid scientific studies and clinical research Emotional Eating reveals how to And destructive eating habits by learning to identify individual emotional triggers and develop healthy alternative behaviors. Written for anyone who has tried to diet and failed, the book is filled with practical techniques and self-scoring assessment tests that will help to And the destructive cycle of emotional eating.Emotional Eating was a Book of the Month Club Featured Alternate Selection and has been highlighted in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Eating Disorders - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Diets |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| LCCN: 97045845 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.62" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This revealing and useful book tells how emotions can cause bad eating habits and provides an effective antidote to radical crash diets. The author uses a cognitive-behavioral approach, and offers an encouraging alternative to current theories on the causes on overeating, such as psychopathology, addiction, or moral weakness. Emotional Eating shows how to identify individual patterns of emotional eating, and then tells readers how to respond to these patterns. Filled with tables charts, and self-assessment tests, Emotional Eating can help you learn self-control by identifying emotional triggers and developing alternative behaviors. |