Jenifer Ringer, a New York City Ballet principal dancer, presents a behind-the-curtains tour of the rarefied world of classical ballet. She discusses career highs and lows while recounting her childhood, the typical experiences of a dancer's day and the highlights that have defi…
Jenifer Ringer, a New York City Ballet principal dancer, presents a behind-the-curtains tour of the rarefied world of classical ballet. She discusses career highs and lows while recounting her childhood, the typical experiences of a dancer's day and the highlights that have defi…
"Though it shares many similarities with eating disorders, emotional eating is embedded in and accepted by our culture in many ways. Happy events and celebrations call for indulgence and overeating, but so do the lowest emotional points. Emotional eating becomes a problem when t…
"Though it shares many similarities with eating disorders, emotional eating is embedded in and accepted by our culture in many ways. Happy events and celebrations call for indulgence and overeating, but so do the lowest emotional points. Emotional eating becomes a problem when t…
"Though it shares many similarities with eating disorders, emotional eating is embedded in and accepted by our culture in many ways. Happy events and celebrations call for indulgence and overeating, but so do the lowest emotional points. Emotional eating becomes a problem when t…
"Though it shares many similarities with eating disorders, emotional eating is embedded in and accepted by our culture in many ways. Happy events and celebrations call for indulgence and overeating, but so do the lowest emotional points. Emotional eating becomes a problem when t…
"While 80 million Americans are dieters, obesity is on the rise. Anyone who eats less and exercises more can lose weight but 98 percent regain their weight within five years. This, shows Julie Simon, is because most of the overweight are emotional eaters, eating for comfort, dis…
"While 80 million Americans are dieters, obesity is on the rise. Anyone who eats less and exercises more can lose weight but 98 percent regain their weight within five years. This, shows Julie Simon, is because most of the overweight are emotional eaters, eating for comfort, dis…
In this gustatory tour of human history, Allen suggests that the everyday activity of eating offers deep insights into our cultural and biological heritage. Beginning with the diets of our earliest ancestors, he explores eating's role in our evolving brain before considering our…
Explores how the everyday activity of eating provides deep insights into humanity's cultural and biological heritage, starting with the diets of our earliest ancestors, and examines eating's role in the evolution of the brain.
Why is the brain important in eating disorders? This ground-breaking new book describes how increasingly sophisticated neuroscientific approaches are revealing much about the role of the brain in eating disorders. Even more importantly, it discusses how underlying brain abnormal…
"Do you or does someone you know, suffer from an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or a less typical set of symptoms? The most effective, evidence-based treatment for adults with eating disorders is cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). This book presents …
"A funny, edgy, comprehensive program for chronic dieters to help them escape the plague of diet culture, regain their personal power, and reboot their relationship with food, weight and self-worth. What's the one thing the $60-billion-dollar diet industry doesn't want you to kn…
"A funny, edgy, comprehensive program for chronic dieters to help them escape the plague of diet culture, regain their personal power, and reboot their relationship with food, weight and self-worth. What's the one thing the $60-billion-dollar diet industry doesn't want you to kn…
"A funny, candid, and original coming-of-age story told through sugar addiction She doesn't drink or do drugs, but like millions of other Americans, Lisa Kotin has a substance abuse problem. A problem that she can indulge by walking into any corner store in the world or simply b…
"A funny, candid, and original coming-of-age story told through sugar addiction She doesn't drink or do drugs, but like millions of other Americans, Lisa Kotin has a substance abuse problem. A problem that she can indulge by walking into any corner store in the world or simply b…