Evelyn Tribole

The authors aim to lead people away from a distorted relationship with food that is caused by a lifetime of dieting and obsession with weight loss and food fads. The book contains a lot of helpful information and many observations and points worth thinking about. I'm not sure that people with seriously disordered eating would be able to resolve the situation with this book--and certainly the authors don't mean to promote this--but it will certainly help me (not disordered, I swear!) develop a more relaxed and healthy attitude. The edition I got from the library was 15 years old; I think I'll buy a current edition for further study.

Edited to add: Yes, I did buy the current (2012, 3rd) edition and found it to be substantially updated from the 1995 first edition. If you're going to read it from a library or used book sale, please make sure you have a new edition.… (mais)