ABSTRACT

Getting Better Bite by Bite is an essential, authoritative and evidence-based self-help programmethat has been used by bulimia sufferersfor over 20 years. This new edition maintains the essence of the original book, while updating its content for today's readers, drawing on the latest knowledge of the biology and psychology of bulimia and its treatment. 

The book provides step-by-step guidance for change based on solid research. The use of everyday language, stimulating contemporary case study story-telling and evocative illustrations in Bite by Bite provide encouragement, hope and new perspectives for all readers.

This handy-sized book fills a need for easy-to-understand information about Bulimia Nervosa, a serious and prevalent eating disorder. Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure are world-renowned researchers and authorities on eating disorders, and June Alexander, a former sufferer of anorexia and bulimia, is a respected writer and internationally-known eating disorder awareness advocate. Getting Better Bite by Bite is a valuable resource - for sufferers, for their families, and for the health professionals and carers treating them.

 

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter |12 pages

The way forward

chapter |10 pages

Tools for the journey

chapter |13 pages

Dieting

A health warning

chapter |10 pages

The black hole of the insatiable stomach

chapter |8 pages

Having your cake and eating it, too

chapter |8 pages

Learning to feel good about your body

chapter |10 pages

Being fatter may be better

chapter |5 pages

Relapse

Walking in circles – or not

chapter |12 pages

Childhood wounds

chapter |18 pages

Food for thought

chapter |7 pages

Finding your voice

chapter |10 pages

The seduction of self-destruction

chapter |14 pages

Web of life

Parents, partners, children and friends

chapter |8 pages

Working to live, living to work

chapter |4 pages

The end of your journey – or not

chapter |12 pages

Where to get help and support