Overcoming Night Eating Syndrome: A Step-by-Step Guide to Breaking the Cycle

Description

Night eating syndrome is a newly identified eating disorder which describes behaviour patterns in which an individual obsessively consumes more than half of his or her daily caloric intake after eight oclock in the evening. In this book, readers first learn to identify the signs of NES, and then use journaling exercises to discover what automatic thoughts surround their night eating. They then learn how to break the patterns with healthier food choices, structured mealtimes, and relaxation techniques.

Kelly C. Allison, Ph.D., is an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. from Miami University in 2000. Her research interests include characterizing and treating night eating syndrome. She is also interested in the effects of socio-cultural influences on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Albert Stunkard, MD, is professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where he founded the Weight and Eating Disorders Program, of which he is currently director emeritus. He received his MD from Columbia University in 1945. He is the author of nearly 400 publications, mostly in the field of obesity and his research has been supported for forty years by the National Institutes of Health. Sara L. Their, M.Ph., currently works in the program area of the Robert Wood Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey. She received her BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1987, her M.Ph. at University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991. She is presently a Ph.D. candidate in health policy.