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Carol Emery Normandi and Laurelee Roark, founders of the nonprofit Beyond Hunger, Inc., share their experience with eating disorders and explain why existing programs often fail to bring lasting recovery. Drawing on the principles of the Beyond Hunger workshops, the book presents a comprehensive strategy that tackles the physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds underlying unhealthy eating behaviors. With a focus on transforming attitudes toward food and weight, it offers readers compassionate, supportive tools to end cycles of dieting and binge‑ing and to achieve lasting well‑being.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Health & Medicine/Women's Health
Authors: Carol Emery Normandi
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