Pregnancy Countdown or Self Help Approaches for Obesity and Eating Disorders

Pregnancy Countdown: A Day-By-Day Guide to Waiting for Baby

Author: Paula Ford Martin

A special new offering for expectant mothers, Pregnancy Countdown features full-page spreads of information and tender photographs for each day of a woman's pregnancy. With space to record thoughts and feelings and to track doctor's visits, this gorgeous volume serves as a heartwarming record of one of the most special times in a woman's life-and will remain on her shelf as a treasure forever.

Paula Ford-Martin has been published extensively in both traditional and alternative medicine journals for patient, practitioner, and corporate audiences. She has a master's degree in writing from DePaul University (Chicago), and is a member of the American Medical Writers Association. She is the author of The Everything(r) Pregnancy Book, 2nd Edition.

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Self-Help Approaches for Obesity and Eating Disorders: Research and Practice

Author: Janet D Latner

With contributions from leading authorities, this timely professional resource critically examines available self-help treatments for weight problems and obesity, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and body image disturbances. Practical pointers are offered for guiding clients or patients toward safe, effective approaches that provide the right level of care, from fully independent strategies to treatments with higher levels of professional involvement. Chapters review the strengths and limitations of commercial diets, exercise programs, workbooks, support groups, Internet resources, adaptations of behavioral models, and more, including strategies for long-term maintenance of weight loss. Special topics include night eating syndrome, childhood obesity, and coping with weight-related discrimination.

Table of Contents:

I. Independent (Unguided) Self-Help
1. Self-Guided Approaches to Weight Loss, Meghan Butryn, Suzanne Phelan, and Rena R. Wing
2. Popular and Fad Diet Programs: Nutritional Adequacy, Safety, and Efficacy, Allison Stevens, Emily Dionne, and Johanna Dwyer
II. Partially Assisted (Guided) Self-Help
3. Self-Help Strategies for Promoting and Maintaining Physical Activity, Bess H. Marcus, David M. Williams, and Jessica A. Whiteley
4. Guided Self-Help for Binge-Eating Disorder, Carlos M. Grilo
5. Guided Self-Help for Bulimia Nervosa, Robyn Sysko and B. Timothy Walsh
6. Self-Help Treatment for Body-Image Disturbances, Joshua I. Hrabosky and Thomas F. Cash
III. Computer-Assisted Self-Help
7. Internet-Based Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Body Dissatisfaction, C. Barr Taylor and Megan Jones
8. Computer-Based Intervention for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating, Ulrike Schmidt and Miriam Grover
IV. Group Self-Help
9. Commercial and Organized Self-Help Programs for Weight Management, Adam Gilden Tsai and Thomas A. Wadden
10. Guided Group Support and the Long-Term Management of Obesity, Vanessa A. Milsom, Michael G. Perri, and W. Jack Rejeski
11. Continuing Care and Self-Help in the Treatment of Obesity, Janet D. Latner and G. Terence Wilson
V. Practical Strategies and Considerations
12. Behavioral Obesity Treatment Translated, Delia Smith West, Stacy A. Gore, and Natalie K. Lueders
13. Prevention of Overweight with Young Children and Families,Meredith S. Dolan and Myles S. Faith
14. Treatment of Overweight Children: Practical Strategies for Parents, Kathryn E. Henderson and Marlene B. Schwartz
15. Self-Help for Night-Eating Syndrome, Kelly C. Allison and Albert J. Stunkard
16. Appetite-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Binge Eating, Virginia V. W. McIntosh, Jennifer Jordan, Janet D. Carter, Janet D. Latner, and Alison Wallace
17. Strategies for Coping with the Stigma of Obesity, Rebecca M. Puhl and Kelly D. Brownell