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.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 15, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0197752535
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0197752531
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.08 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.6 x 0.83 x 9.41 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #593,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #418 in Medical Clinical Psychology #441 in Health Care Delivery (Books) #1,033 in Psychology (Books)
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