Breaking The Bonds of Food Addiction

Breaking the Bonds of Food Addiction
Psychology Today publication
Susan McQuillan, MS, RD

16 CPEU or CE hours

Course: $108
Includes book & CE exam

CE exam only: $88
"Download on demand" available

Description
Does your relationship with food interfere with your life? Are you unhappy with your size despite repeated diets? Do you turn to food for comfort? You're not alone. Millions struggle with food addiction and the resulting health problems. You can free yourself from the trap of compulsive eating and enjoy a healthy relationship with food.

Breaking the Bonds of Food Addiction gives you the information and tools you need to create the happier, healthier lifestyle you want, from the source you trust-Psychology Today magazine. Drawing on the most respected voices in the field, Breaking the Bonds of Food Addiction explains how and why internal and external triggers cause us to develop an unhealthy relationship with food. It provides cutting-edge medical research, straightforward advice, and the most up-to-date and accurate information available on the cause of and cures for food addiction.

Learn how you can:

Gain insight into your personal relationship with food.
Set goals and develop an individual plan for healthier living.
Employ techniques for positive change, including journaling, mea planning, exercise, support groups, and more.
Discover where to turn when you need additional help.

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 1592572928
ISBN-13: 9781592572922
Format: Paperback, 336pp
Publisher: Alpha Books
Pub date: 2004

Content
Part 1: Understanding Food Addictions
Chapter 1: What Is Food Addiction?
Chapter 2: Your Psychological Relationship with Food
Chapter 3: Your Physical Relationship with Food
Chapter 4: Dieting and Disordered Eating
Part 2: The Nature of Eating
Chapter 5: Why We Eat
Chapter 6: The Way We Eat
Chapter 7: Healthy Eating
Chapter 8: Food Matters
Part 3: Breaking the Bonds
Chapter 9: Making Changes
Chapter 10: Identifying Eating Triggers
Chapter 11: Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with Food
Chapter 12: Helping Hands
Part 4: A Personal Plan for Healthy Living
Chapter 13: Affirmative Action
Chapter 14: Emotional Makeover
Chapter 15: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
Chapter 16: Managing Setbacks
Appendixes
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Further Reading
Appendix C: Resources Index

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4080 Government-funded Food & Nutrition Programs
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence
5070 Pediatrics
5320 Psychiatric disorders, anxiety
5350 Substance abuse, alcoholism
5370 Weight management, obesity
6000 Education, training and counseling
6010 Behavior change theories, techniques
6020 Counseling, therapy and facilitation skills