Mindful Eating 101

Susan Albers, Psy.D., is a psychologist at Ohio Wesleyan University Counseling Center, USA, and is developing a private practice with an emphasis on relationship and weight issues. She is a College of Wooster graduate and obtained her masters and doctorate degree in professional psychology from the University of Denver.

Preface. The Mindful Eating Syllabus. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Food Fight. Part I: Mindless Eating in College. Sex, Drugs and Rocky Road Ice Cream: Awareness and Mindful Eating. Mindful Eating vs. Mindless Eating. College Equals Mindless Eating? The Urban Legend of the Freshman Fifteen: Fact or Fiction? Your "Relationship" with Mindless Eating. The Body Image Blues. Supersizing: Sizing Up Your Self Esteem. Swallowing Feelings: Food and Emotion. Part II: Mindful Eating. Using the F-Word (Fat): Twelve "Body Language" Statements that Encourage Mindless Eating and Fear of Fat. Mindful Eating: Fifteen Ways to Eat More Mindfully in Dorms and Cafeterias. Appendix A: When it's More than Just Mindless Eating. Appendix B: Eating Mindfully at Work. Ten Ways for Campuses to Be More Mindful. Appendix C: eating Mindfully Resources: Web Links, Referral Sources, Books, Paper, Topics. References. About the Author.