by Edward Abramson, PhD
2005

You may be unhappy with what you see in the mirror, but the truth is that weight loss is an inside job. You already know that the media, our peers and our upbringing influence our body image (usually negatively); perhaps you even sense that to lose weight and keep it off, you need to change the misconceptions you've picked up along the way. But how do you do it? This book gives you a map to help you discover the deeper aspects of your relationship with food, and the methods to change them.

Dr. Edward Abramson is a noted eating and weight disorders expert, and he's pretty much seen it all when it comes to men and women who struggle with dieting &mdash emotional eating of every sort; rigid, judgmental attitudes towards food; and just about every fad diet imaginable. He cuts through all the issues here and gets down to basics: assessing your attitudes towards food, exercise and your body, and learning how to view yourself and your relationship with food in a healthy manner. You learn to eat and live intelligently, and the new habits that develop from that are what lead you towards permanent weight loss.

Dieting is often a traumatic experience for overweight individuals, so Body Intelligence will come as a welcome relief to veterans of the Food Wars. And while there is a lot of information here, not all of it is dry and serious. There is a chapter called "Eating Is Fun," and you learn how to enjoy chocolate and other supposedly forbidden foods. There's also helpful information on raising children to have a better relationship with their bodies and Abramson also addresses body intelligence on a wider scale, with suggestions on what you can do to make changes in your schools, workplace and community.

If you're looking for the latest diet &mdash the one that will finally give you the perfect body you've always dreamed of &mdash you won't find it here. If you're sick of looking at airbrushed, underfed models and listening to the outrageous claims of the newest weight loss supplements &mdash if you're finally ready to get real with yourself, then look no further. Body Intelligence is the smart way to solve your weight issues and get rid of those extra pounds... for good.

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