Customer Reviews
Insightful and compassionate - By: Robert Rayward, 04 Aug 2008 
What a great book!
For those of us who understand little about this complex issue but want to support & encourage others with an eating disorder this is a great book. Dr Middleton approaches the subject with compassion developed through a deep understanding of the subject & genuine care.
This book helps to dispel some of the myths & misinformation surrounding this subject & allows those of us on the outside to begin to know how to help & what to say.It removes the mystique surrounding eating disorders & places them into a wider framework that allows supporters & carers to focus on the sufferer & not on the food.
An easier path to understanding eating disorders - By: pepemia, 23 May 2008 This is a fantastic book which I highily recommend.It just approaches eating disordersin a pratical easy manner. This means is it easily understood & enlighting for people who have eating disorders, their friends/ familys & proffessionals. It not only deals with the pratical advicebut helps aleviate that gripping fear that having an eating disorder that some suffers can have.
It covers -
what are eating disorders,
the different types & symptomns
Pitfalls of eating disorders & the recovery process
How to get help
Planning a recovery route
About food & eating
Advice for families & friends
It also has pratical tips & small tasks to let people see how an eating disorder is affecting them & to face the fear of recovery.I have tired a few of these with people & can see how they really help.
I have read several books about eating disorders & they can be really heavy & overwhelming. However this one is a short, easy book that I have loaned to several people who love it too.
Eating disorders are highily complicated subject & it shows how good a book is that it makes a complicated subject so easily understood & offers hope.
Buy It!!! - By: Jennifer Rigby, 24 Sep 2007 This book just blew me away. As someone who has dipped into this type of book before, I was expecting an understanding of the issues & some helpful information. What I never expected was the breadth of insight & the fantastically engaging style of writing. It seems highly unlikely with such a subject, but it really is an enjoyable & compelling read.
Dr Kate Middleton writes as if she is talking directly to every one of her readers - never condescending or jargony, always friendly, realistic & practical. At the same time it's clear she writes with immense authority on the subject. She inspires a much needed confidence & positivityin an area typically so dark & secret; she generates a certainty that anyone suffering from an eating disorder is not alone, & that real recovery is truly possible.
I completely recommend this book to anyone; male or female; sufferer or concerned onlooker; those with a professional interest, & those who are simply interested. It's like a breath of fresh air on the subject & it will transform the way you see things.
Eating Disorders, A Path to Recovery - By: Janine Hurrell, 16 Sep 2007 This book is a comprehensive & sympathetic guide, exploring the whole area of the possible repurcussions of ongoing anxiety. It is undoubtedly essential reading for sufferers & any concerned carer, due the friendly & balanced approach to healing the mind & the body simultaneously. This book is refreshing reading on the subject for male & female alike & will offer any reader overwhelming assurance that the sufferer CAN recover. Thank you Dr Middleton!!!
