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The New Food Fight: How the Weight Management and Eating Disorder Fields Became So Divided and What We Can Do About It
Eat this, not that. Enjoy all foods in moderation. Love yourself. Lose weight. These are just a few of the contradictory messages many of us face every day. No wonder we've never felt more confused about what to eat, how our bodies "should" look, and what it means to be "healthy."
Through personal narratives, clinical examples, extant research, as well as expert and stakeholder insights, The New Food Fight offers an incisive guide to the complex and increasingly polarized fields of eating disorders and weight management. Written with both expertise and empathy, the authors unpack common myths, address misinformation, and provide compelling recommendations to unite two fields that, as it turns out, may be more alike than they are different.
A must-read for anyone who has grappled with body image concerns, deliberated over what to eat, or found themselves torn between self-acceptance and wanting to change their body.
Through personal narratives, clinical examples, extant research, as well as expert and stakeholder insights, The New Food Fight offers an incisive guide to the complex and increasingly polarized fields of eating disorders and weight management. Written with both expertise and empathy, the authors unpack common myths, address misinformation, and provide compelling recommendations to unite two fields that, as it turns out, may be more alike than they are different.
A must-read for anyone who has grappled with body image concerns, deliberated over what to eat, or found themselves torn between self-acceptance and wanting to change their body.
240 pages, Hardcover
Published July 15, 2025
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December 19, 2025
As a dietitian who considers herself pretty well-versed in weight and weight bias, I had no idea how much this book needed to be written - or that this book even COULD be written. An absolute must read for any healthcare professional who treats humans - and anyone interested in an unbelievably compassionate review of how weight impacts both physical and mental health - and how truly complicated the issue really is.
Also, impressive that my ONLY criticism as a dietitian of a book on this topic that did not include a dietitian as an author, is simply a couple slightly unfair criticisms of Intuitive Eating, and giving credit to a wretched Washington Post article! 😂 Kudos!
Also, impressive that my ONLY criticism as a dietitian of a book on this topic that did not include a dietitian as an author, is simply a couple slightly unfair criticisms of Intuitive Eating, and giving credit to a wretched Washington Post article! 😂 Kudos!
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