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- Chapter One:
Getting Back to the Basics: instincts and adaptation
- Adaptive Homeostasis Among Animals
- Human Survival of Famine and Feasts
- Physiology and Why You'll Never Say "Diet" Again
- The Physiology of Stress Induced by Fasting
- Anorexia: a modern day famine when food is abundant
- Unlocking Anorexia
- Obesity and Anorexia Side by Side: implications for permanent weight loss
- No Wonder You're Hungry
- How You Lose Determines What You Lose
- Why The Scale Lies
- Cortisol and Insulin: partners in crime
- My To Do List
- Chapter Two:
Overriding Fullness Cues: is extinction a possibility?
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- Extinction and the Obesity Epidemic
- The Physiology of Fullness
- Yo-Yo Dieting and Restraint Theory
- Recalibration in Both Anorexia and Obesity
- Levels of Discomfort
- My To Do List
- Chapter Three:
All-or-None Thinking, Food Phobias, and Unconscious Eating
- "All-or-None" Thinking about Food
- Unconscious Eating
- Food Phobias
- An Open Bag is an Empty Bag
- The Treatment of Food Phobias
- My To Do List
PART TWO
Healthy Mind . . . Healthy Body
- Chapter Four:
It's More Than Just Exercise?
- The Truth About Obesity: thinner is not necessarily better
- Exercise Improves Insulin Resistance
- Exercise Buffers Modern Day Eating
- Exercise Buffers the Effects of Stress
- Exercise Can Stop the Yo-Yo and Weight Cycling
- Barriers and Avoidance
- My To Do List
- Chapter Five:
Food as an Addiction: what am I feeding?
- The Origins of Addictions
- The Cortisol Connection: why overeating feels addictive
- Stress Makes You Fat
- Cortisol, Anxiety, and Depression
- Sources of Stress Rating Scale
- Ranking Sources of Stress
- Steps to Problem Solving
- Our Compass to Mental Health
- Linking Feelings to Situations AND Situations to Feelings
- Psychological Defenses: the immune system of the mind
- Coping Skills: practice makes perfect
- My To Do List
- Chapter Six:
Personality and Life Stress: the hidden evils of weight control
- Is There Such a Thing as a Personality Disorder?
- Ten Common Dimensions of Personality Traits
- Healthy Mind...Healthy Body
- Help...My Whole Life Feels Unbalanced!
- My Self Care Habits
- Depression and Anxiety
- My To Do List
- Chapter Seven:
Relationships and Life Skills
- Communication and Conflict Resolution
- What To Do When Opposites Attract
- The A-B-C's of a Healthy Relationship
- The Many Faces of Domestic Violence
- My To Do List
PART THREE
It's Not Just a Book...It's a Journey
- Chapter Eight:
The Story of Alice
- Chapter Nine:
The Story of Kevin
PART FOUR
Theoretical and Political Comments
- Chapter Ten:
What To Do When You Are Discouraged
- Chapter Eleven:
The Politics of Eating
- What Is "Normal" Eating?: healthy is not the norm
- The Continuum of Eating Disturbances
- The Continuum and Obesity
- Nature versus Nurture
- It Takes a Village
- A Special Issue:
Children and Adolescents
- The Origins of Body Dissatisfaction
- Media Hype and Dieting Myths.
- Is There Any Truth In Advertising?
- The Power of Peer Comparisons
- Bullying and Verbal Abuse.
- Dangerously Competitive Coaches and Instructors.
- Modeling from Eating Disordered Adults.
- (Un)Friendly Mirrors.
- How to Prevent Obesity Without Developing an Eating Disorder:
who is at risk and what do you say?
- How to Determine Whether or Not You Have a Weight Related Concern.
- How to Determine if Your Child has a Weight Concern.
- What to do for Children Whose BMI Falls at or above the 85th Percentile.
- What to do for Children Whose BMI Falls Between the 75th and 85th Percentile.
- What to do for Children Whose BMI Falls Between the 25th and the 75th Percentile.
- What to do for Children Whose BMI Falls Between the 25th and the 10th Percentile.
- What to do for Children Whose BMI Falls Below the 10th Percentile.
APPENDICES
- Appendix A: Research Study Procedures
- Appendix B: Sample Cover Letter for Research Study
- Appendix C: The Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Appendix D: Calorie Counter
- Appendix E: Resources for Survivors of Domestic Violence
- Appendix F: Diagnostic Criterion for Anorexia Nervosa
- Appendix G: Diagnostic Criterion for Bulimia Nervosa
- Appendix H: Diagnostic Criterion for Binge Eating Disorder
- Appendix I: Diagnostic Criterion for Subclinical Eating Disorders
- Appendix J: Diagnostic Criterion for Depression
- Appendix K: Diagnostic Criterion for Anxiety Disorder
- Appendix L: Helpful Resources and Websites
- Appendix M: How to Access the Friendly Mirrors Website and Online Support
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