Just a Little Too Thin: How to Pull Your Child Back from the Brink of an Eating Disorder

by Michael Strober, Meg F. Schneider, Meg Schneider

At a time when 81 percent of ten-year-old girls say they are afraid of being fat, early dieting is clearly a widespread problem. However, the difference between being "just a little too thin" and having a full-blown eating disorder can be hard for even the most involved parent to distinguish. Dr. Michael Strober and Meg Schneider's Just a Little Too Thin shows parents how to approach this problem proactively. First, it helps parents determine the severity of a child's weight issues by outlining the three stages of this slippery slope and the behavioral signs associated with each. The book then gives expert guidance on talking about weight and eating in ways that help a daughter cope with the emotional issues that feed her obsession. No matter where a girl rests on the continuum of eating behaviors, Just a Little Too Thin is an invaluable aid for parents intent on keeping their children emotionally and physically healthy in a world of unprecedented pressures.

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2005

Reviews

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a Little Too Thin was a very factual book. The facts did suprise me, but the thing that made the concept of eating disorders and family really stick, was the exerps of personal stories given. The book should be read by anyone who has a daughter or who is planning on being a mother, or people who just want to learn more about the signs and reasons of an eating disorder. This book has helped me better understand the phychological reasoning for falling into an eating disorder. But has also given me some hope that if someone I knew or loved could survive and recover an eating disorder even at stage 3.(which is a full blown eating disorder)I am really glad that I picked up this book because now I have some more knowledge that I can pass to other people.

[Kristy · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a good introduction to the beginning stages of eating disorders among teenage girls. It probably should have been titled towards females rather than the general "child", since the focus was not on boys with eating disorders. Also, they didn't cover very much about the origins of bulimia, which was also misleading because of the title.

[Katrin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is more orientated to parents of adolescent girls and boys that are thinking of going on a diet to lose weight and slip to anorexia Nervosa.