Raising Body Positive Teens Spiral-Bound | 2022-03-21

Signe Darpinian Wendy Sterling Shelley Aggarwal

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A guide for parents on creating a weight-neutral, body positive home and supporting their teen in building a healthy relationship with food and body image, from the authors of No Weigh!

Drawing on their expertise knowledge as a therapist, a dietician, and an adolescent medicine physician, this multidisciplinary author team have created a practical, friendly guide full of strategies and tools for parents to help tackle diet culture and weight stigma, allowing young people to have a healthier, happier relationship with their bodies.

In a world fraught with diet-culture and weight stigma, many parents worry about their child's relationship with their body and food. This down-to-earth guide is an invaluable resource allowing parents to take proactive actions in promoting a friendship with food, and preventative actions to minimize the risk factors for the development of eating disorders, particularly when early signs of disordered eating, excessive exercise, or body dissatisfaction have been noticed. It provides clear strategies and tools with a practical focus to gently encourage parents and teens to have a healthy relationship with food and exercise by centralizing joy and health. Coming from a therapist, a dietician, and an adolescent medicine physician, with insightful case studies from an array of young people from different backgrounds, this multidisciplinary author team delivers friendly, strategic guidance based in a wealth of expertise.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1839970391
Item Weight: 0.5 lbs
Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches
Raising Body Positive Teens provides parents with practical advice, interactive activities, and real-life examples as they support their children through adolescence. The authors are respected experts with extensive experience in mental health, nutrition, and adolescent medicine. -Jason Nagata, MD, MSc Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of California

Signe Darpinian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS), and the past president of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (iaedpTM). She is also the creator and host of Therapy Rocks!, a personal growth podcast.

Wendy Sterling is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRDS) and Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). She is the co-author of How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder and has served as a consultant to NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB teams.

Shelley Aggarwal MD, is double boarded in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine as well as Pediatrics and has expertise in adolescent development, disordered eating, and mindfulness. She is the Medical Director of clinics serving justice involved youth in addition to teaching faculty at Stanford Children's Health and UCSF-Fresno.