Over It: A Teen's Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food and Weight [Paperback]

Carol Emery Normandi (Author), Kate Dillon (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2001

Every year, desperate parents try to save their daughters from starving themselves to death. Yet every year, more girls eat less to look like their favorite supermodels. With this sobering fact in mind, Carol Emery Normandi and Lauralee Roark developed this book based on their ongoing workshops and the feedback of hundreds of young women. They look at the behaviors that may lead to eating disorders and the cultural, emotional, and physical reasons girls obsess about weight and eating. They go on to offer girls and their parents a map and a method for finding a realistic and livable balance. Stories and quotations from girls who have struggled with eating disorders give the book immediacy, and exercises and writing suggestions steer girls toward a healthy self-image and wholesome eating patterns.

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"Over Itteaches young women the language of healthy body image and natural eating and gives parents the skills to guide their daughters toward self-esteem and contentment. This much-needed book will help young women understand their feelings and learn to love and care for their bodies." — John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: New World Library; 1 edition (March 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577311485
• ISBN-13: 978-1577311485
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,217,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Over It is memorable!, April 1, 2001

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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over It: A Teen's Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food and Weight (Paperback)

Over It looks at cultural, emotional & physical reason why girls obsess about weight & eating, then goes on to show how it can be different. Each section guides readers toward understanding their feelings, acknowledging their fears & concerns without judgement & recasting their thoughts & habits toward a healthy self-image & eating patterns.

That said, this is not a dry book of recriminations, self-flagellations & hopeless stories; rather it is an elegant, lively, informative text book that offers you a lot to occupy your mind & a lot of different ways to look at your life.

In Amber's story you learn how compulsive eating can start; you'll see how Bulimia Nervosa took over her mind & took her off on a dangerous detour. Les' story about Anorexia Nervosa tells how it got a hold of her & wrecked her young life. Caro & Laurelee explain both disorders in clear yet clinical descriptions.

There are section about boys & eating disorders & for parents who provide the food for the family & how their lifestyles also contribute.

Carol & Laurelee have founded Beyond Hunger, a nonprofit organization, after recovering from their own eating disorders. Beyond Hunger offers support groups, workshops & education for adults & teen with eating disorders & body image disturbances. Do check out my lively eInterview with Carol & Lauralee - I think you'll be amazed!