These are book that I have read or have been recommended to me. I will be slowly adding reviews for those books I've read. If you have read any of these books and would like to write a review please email me.
Weight and Health, Research
Fitness
Nutrition Management
Body Image/Diets/Self-Esteem
Beauty/Fashion
Children and Teens
Atrens, Dale. Don't Diet. New York, NY: Morrow, 1988.
Bennett, William and Gurin, Joel. The Dieter's Dilemma. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1992.
Berg, Frances, ed. The Health Risks of Weight Loss. Hettinger, ND: Obesity and Health, 1993.
Cannon, Geoffrey, and Einzig, Hetty. Stop Dieting: Dieting Makes You Fat. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1987.
Ernsberger, Paul and Haskew, Paul. Rethinking Obesity: An Alternative View of Its Health Implications. New York, NY: Human Sciences Press, 1987.
Gaesser, Glen. Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health. New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine, 1996.
Hakala, Dee. Thin Is Just a Four-Letter Word: Living Fit - For All Shapes and Sizes. Little Brown, 1997.
Jonas, Steven and Konner, Linda. Just the Weigh You Are: How to Be Fit and Healthy, Whatever Your Size. Shelburne, VT: Chapters Publishing, Ltd., 1997.
Kingsbury, Bonnie. Full Figure Fitness. Champaign, IL: Enhancement Publications, 1988.
Lyons, Pat and Burgard, Debby. Great Shape: The First Fitness Guide for Large Women. Palo Alto, CA: Bull, 1990.
Allison, Nan, and Beck, Carol. Full & Fulfilled: The Science of Eating to Your Soul's Satisfaction. Nashville, TN: A&B Books, 1998.
Hirschmann, Jane and Munter, Carol. Overcoming Overeating. New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine, 1988.
Hirschmann, Jane and Munter, Carol. When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession. New York, NY: Fawcett, 1995.
Kano, Susan. Making Peace with Food: Freeing Yourself from the Diet/Weight Obsession. Amity Publishing, 1985.
Omichinski, Linda. You Count, Calories Don't: The Hugs TM Plan for Better Health. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Hyperion Press, 1992.
Polivy, Janet and Herman, C. Peter. Breaking the Diet Habit. New York, NY: Basic Books,1983.
Anderson, Louie. Goodbye Jumbo, Hello Cruel World. New York, NY: Viking Penguin/Louzel Productions, Inc., 1993.
Bovey, Shelley. The Forbidden Body: Why Being Fat Is Not a Sin. London, England: Harper Pandora, 1994.
Bennett, William, M.D. and Gurin, Joel. The Dieter's Dilemma: Eating Less and Weighing More. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1982.
Brown, Catrina and Jasper, Karen. Consuming Passions: Feminist Approaches to Weight Preoccupation and Eating Disorders. Toronto, Canada: Second Story Press, 1993.
Brown, Laura and Rothblum, Esther. Overcoming Fear of Fat: Fat Oppression in Psychotherapy. New York, NY: Harrington Park Press, 1989.
Bruno, Barbara. Worth Your Weight: What You Can Do About a Weight Problem. Rutledge Books, 1996.
Chernin, Kim. The Hungry Self: Women, Eating and Identity. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1985.
Chernin, Kim. The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1982.
Dixon, Monica. Love the Body You Were Born With: A Ten Step Workbook for Women. Berkley Group, 1996.
Douglas, Susan J. Where The Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media. New York, NY: Times Books, 1994.
Epstein, Diane and Thompson, Kathleen. Feeding on Dreams: Why America's Diet Industry Doesn't Work - and What Will Work for You. Macmillan, 1994.
Erdman, Cheri. Live Large! Ideas, Affirmations, and Actions for Sane Living in a Larger Body. San Francisco, CA: Harper, 1997.
Erdman, Cheri. Nothing to Lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Large Body. San Francisco, CA: Harper, 1995.
Fallon, Patricia, Katzman, Melanie A., and Wooley, Susan C., eds. Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders. Guilford Press, 1994.
Fraser, Laura. Losing It: America's Obsession With Weight and the Industry That Feeds On It E.P. Dutton, 1997.
Freedman, Rita. BodyLove: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1988.
Garrison, Terry. Fed-Up! A Woman's Guide to Liberation from the Diet/Weight Prison. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 1993.
Goodman, W. Charisse. The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in America. Carlsbad, CA: Gürze Books, 1995.
Hall, Lindsey, ed. Full Lives: Women Who Have Freed Themselves from Food & Weight Obsessions. Carlsbad, CA: Gürze Books, 1993.
Hillman, Carolyn. Love Your Looks: How to Stop Criticizing and Start Appreciating Your Appearance. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Hope, Jackqueline, Big, Bold and Beautiful: Living Large on a Small Planet. Toronto, Canada: Macmillan Canada, 1996
Hutchinson, Marcia. Transforming Body Image: Learning to Love the Body You Have. Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press, 1985.
Johnson, Carol. Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes: How to Be Happy at Your Natural Weight. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1995.
Kaplan, Jane. A Woman's Conflict: The Special Relationship Between Women and Food. New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, 1989.
Lippincott, Catherine. Well Rounded: Eight Simple Steps for Changing Your Life...Not Your Size. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1996.
Louderback, Llewellyn. Fat Power: Whatever You Weigh Is Right. Hawthorne Books, 1970.
The Melpomene Institute for Women's Research. The Bodywise Woman. New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, 1992.
McFarland, Barbara and Baker-Baumann, Tyeis. Shame and Body Image: Culture and the Compulsive Eater. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc, 1990.
Millman, Marcia. Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980.
Newman, Leslea. Some BODY to Love. Chicago, IL: Third Side Press, 1991.
Ornstein, Robert and Sobel, David. Healthy Pleasures. Addison Wesley, 1990.
Polhemus, Ted. Body Styles. London: Lennard Books Ltd., 1988.
Polhemus, Ted and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. The Body Reader: Social Aspects of the Human Body. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1978.
Poulton, Terry. No Fat Chicks: How Big Business Profits Making Women Hate Their Bodies - How to Fight Back. New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1997.
Roberts, Nancy. Breaking All the Rules: Feeling Good and Looking Great No Matter What Your Size. New York, NY: Penguin, 1985.
Rose, Laura. Life Isn't Weighed on the Bathroom Scales. Waco, TX: WRS Publishing, 1993.
Rodin, Judith. Body Traps: Breaking the Bonds That Keep You from Feeling Good About Your Body. New York, NY: William Morrow, 1992.
Schoenfielder, Lisa and Wieser, Barb. Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression. San Francisco, CA: Aunt Lute Books, 1983.
Schroeder, Charles. Fat Is Not a Four Letter Word. Minneapolis, MN: Chronimed Publishing, 1992.
Schwartz, Hillel. Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies and Fat. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1986.
Schwartz, Hillel. Pound Foolish: The Tyranny of Thinness. New York, NY: Free Press, 1986.
Seid, Roberta. Never Too Thin: A History of American Women's Obsession with Weight Loss (Why Women Are at War with Their Bodies). New York, NY: Prentice Hall, 1989.
Stearns, Peter. Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West. New York University Press, 1997.
Thone, Ruth Raymond. Fat - A Fate Worse Than Death: Women, Weight and Appearance. Hawthorne, 1997.
Wann, Marilyn. FAT!SO?: Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size. Berkley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1999.
Harper, Ann and Lewis, Glenn. The Big Beauty Book: Glamour for the Fuller-Figure Woman. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982.
Head, Sandy. Sizing Up: Fashion, Fitness, and Self-Esteem for Full-Figured Women. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Marano, Hara. Style Is Not a Size. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1991.
Nanfeldt, Suzan. Plus Style: The Plus Size Guide to Looking Great. Plume Books, 1996.
Olds, Ruthanne. Big & Beautiful. Washington, DC: Acropolis Books Ltd., 1982.
The Body Shop. The Body Shop Book: Skin, Hair and Body Care, London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.
Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. New York, NY: William Morrow, 1991.
Hirschmann, Jane and Zaphiropoulos, Lela. Preventing Childhood Eating Problems: A Practical, Positive Approach to Raising Children Free of Food & Weight Conflicts. Carlsbad, CA: Gürze Books, 1993.
Hirschmann, Jane and Zaphiropoulos, Lela. Solving Your Child's Eating Problems. New York, NT: Fawcett Columbine, 1989.
Ikeda, Joanne. Am I Fat? Helping Young Children Accept Differences in Body Size. Santa Cruz, CA: ETR Associates, 1992.
Jasper, Karin. Are You Too Fat, Ginny? Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Is Five Press, 1988.
Liddell, Sharon. Being Big. LPC InBook, 1994.
Matiella, A.C. Positively Different: Creating a Bias-Free Environment for Young Children. Santa Cruz, CA: ETR Associates, 1991.
Newman, Leslea. Fat Chance. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994.
Orenstein, Peggy in association with the American Association of University Women.Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1994.
Passen, Lisa. Fat, Fat Rose Marie. New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1991