Emotional Eating: What You Need to Know Before Starting Your Next Diet (Paperback)

by Edward Abramson (Author) "Sandy, a twenty-seven-year-old client who weighed 170 pounds, had been making slow but steady progress in controlling her eating until she went to her aunt's..." (more)
Key Phrases: Emotional Eating Record, Mood Eating Scale, Aunt Sally (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"This pioneering book gives individuals the tools they need to take charge of their emotions . . . and effectively manage their weight. Highly recommAnded." (John P. Foreyt, Ph.D., director, Nutrition Research Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine)

"Anyone who has struggled with eating and weight will feel empowered by Abramson's emphasis on self-determination. . . . Emotional Eating is a very important addition to the bibliotherapy library." (BrAnda L. Wolfe, Ph.D., director, Research/Client Relations, Jenny Craig, Inc.)

Product 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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (February 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078794047X
• ISBN-13: 978-0787940478
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #190,183 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I really liked this book-, June 8, 1999

By A Customer

I really liked this book-I gave it 5 stars. I don't have an eating disorder, but I have been a yo-yo dieter for more than 20 years. After reading Emotional Eating, I think I've figured out why I have had some success dieting but then get frustrated and give up. I've tried a few of the ideas in the book, and so far, I like the results. I recommend it highly to anyone who is concerned about their weight and might be using food to deal with their emotions.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to understanding eating disorders, May 21, 1999

By A Customer

This book serves as a good introduction to making to reader understand the basic mechanisms of common eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and compulsive eating, although not much detail is given for each disorder. It focuses on how an emotional eater should identify her/his emotions before deciding to eat, and how to deal with the emotions. Although this book alone would probably not be of great help for people who are seriously stricken with eating disorders, it gives the reader an incentive to seek further help and to avoid self-blame and self-abuse.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, November 11, 2005

By	Darrren12000 "Darren" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

It is written on an intellectual level. Some of the other leading books in this area are watered-down to appeal to mass audiences. This book combines mass appeal with good, thoughtful counseling. It really makes you think about WHY you eat (or don't eat). It also acknowledges that a combination of physical and emotional factors might be at play in your life; so it is doesn't try to explain it all based on psychology. Abramson identitifies the following situations as ones that most commonly lead to binge eating: depression, anxiety, loneliness, boredom, and anger (expressed and unexpressed). These really resonated with me. He offers some techniques for dealing with these emotional states. As someone else said, this is a start, but will not solve all of your problems. I think it is a great addition to a treatment plan.