The Body Myth

MARGO MAINE, Ph.D., is cofounder of the Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group, LLC, and a clinical psychologist who has specialized in the treatment of eating disorders for more than two decades. She is a clinical consultant to and former director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut, and a Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Maine is a founder of the National Eating Disorders Association and the Academy for Eating Disorders, and she serves on the boards of the National Eating Disorders Screening Program as well as Dads and Daughters. JOE KELLY is a journalist, activist, and author of Dads and Daughters. He won the 2004 Award for Action from the Eating Disorders Coalition.

Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. The Changing Shape of Womanhood. 2. Fact versus Fiction: How Survival Shapes the Body. 3. Women's Bodies, Women's Lives. 4. The Shape of Eating Disorders. 5. So Why Do People Do It? 6. How Family Shapes Us. 7. The New Extended Family: How Culture Shapes Us. 8. The Shape of Recovery. 9. Thinking and Coping in New Ways. 10. Embracing Our Selves. Appendix: Resources for Eating Disorders and Body Image Despair. Notes. Index.