Parents are the best line of defense against an eating disorder.
Knowledgeable parents have the capacity to "eating disorder-proof" their child.
Many parents have forgotten what healthy eating is.
Fat-free eating is not healthy eating.
Eating disorders are not about food.
Eating disorders are the behavioral tip of an emotional iceberg.
If not part of the solution, parents are in danger of becoming part of the problem.
About Abigail

One of the foremost experts on eating disorders in the country, Abigail Natenshon, MA, LCSW is a psychotherapist who for the past three decades has specialized in the treatment of eating with individuals and their families. The author of When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers (Jossey Bass, 1999) and founder and director of Eating Disorder Specialists of Illinois: A Clinic Without Walls, she has made guest appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, MSNBC and WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, among others. Ms. Natenshon's websites and articles are regularly featured on Oxygen.com along with several parenting and child friendly sites throughout the internet.

Publication Resume

BOOKS:
 

The Hadassah Jewish Family Book of Health and Wellness
; Contributing author; Chapter 81: Eating Disorders: The Jewish Community's Perspective: Jossey Bass Publishers, A Wiley Imprint, San Francisco, 2006
 
When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder; A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers; Jossey Bass Publishers, San Francisco, October 1999

The Health of Adolescents, American Medical Association, 1991. Co-authored a chapter entitled, Difficulties in Recognizing Adolescent Health Issues.


NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS:
ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners Males with Eating Disorders, In Press, Interviewed by Jolynn Tumolo

New York Daily News, Food Quirks Peculiarities Emerge at Meatime… September 18, 2002, Interviewed by Joe Dziemianowicz

Tampa Tribune, Holiday Eating Disorders, Summer, 2002, Interview by Rachel Anderson

Women’s Health and Fitness Magazine, Body Dysmorphic Disorders, In Press, Interviewed by Carma Shoemaker

Version Magazine (TX), Are Our Models Too Thin?, Fall 2002, Interviewed by Michelle Adams

Atlanta Parent, Eating Disorders in Young Children, January 2003 In Press, Interviewed by Louise Diamond

Baltimore City Newspaper. Re: Pro-Ana Websites, July 24, 2002, Interview with Natalie Davis

North Shore Magazine. Interview with Elizabeth Blackwell; Eating Disorders on the North Shore. In Press, Fall, 2002.

Health Magazine. Interview with Dorothy Foltz-Gray; Body Image in Athletes. In Press, July, 2002.

South Florida Parent Magazine. Interview with Leslie Diamond; Children with Eating Disorders. In Press. May 2002

The Chicago Reader: Personal interview about the Feldenkrais method by Elizabeth Kaufman. Spring, 2001

The Washington Times; Beyond Dieting. May 13, 2001 By Karen Goldberg Goff

The Daily Free Press, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; interview with Allegra Pollack

The Academy of Eating Disorders Newsletter: Winter, 2001; Book Review by Debra L. Franko, PhD.

Child Magazine: The prevention of eating disorders in young girls. Editor, Joanne Kabak; In Press, April 2001.

Teen Magazine; "You're the Boss". Erin Zimring, editor; In Press, March 2001.

Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention; Empowering Parents Through Their Child's Eating Disorder Recovery. How I Practice, by Abigail H. Natenshon. Winter 2001

Toys"R"Us Newsletter; December, 2000. Excerpt from When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder

The Seattle Times; The unconscious messages parents teach their children; Stephanie Dunnewind, editor.

Our Children, The National PTA Magazine; October 2000; Volume 26 #2 Conquering Eating Disorders at Home and in School: Lessons That Save Lives; a feature article by Abigail H. Natenshon

Renfrew Center Foundation "Perspective" When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder; A Step By Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers; A Book Review by Edye Berkun Kamensky, Ed.M., M.A. Fall 2000

Ladies Home Journal: Body Image Concerns in Young Children; Interview with Sharon Ethyl, Fall, 2000

Woman’s World: The Woman's Weekly, August 15, 2000, Protect Your Daughter From Eating Disorders by Denise Mann

Reader’s Digest; July, 2000; Special Live Events for July

Lilith, The Independent Jewish Women's Magazine; What Girls Are Really Made Of; Summer 2000

The Jewish Week; Bread of Affliction; Interview with Elisha Brown; April, 2000

Richmond Parents Monthly; March 2000 "Refrigerator Notes."

Youth Today; March 2000; "Publications"

Parent Pages: March 2000; When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder by Sarah Partens

Chicago Parent; How to Help a Child with an Eating Disorder; February, 2000
Interview with Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin

Pioneer Press; Childhood Eating Disorders; February 17, 2000; Interview with Mary Jane Bezark

Low Country Magazine; Fall, 1999, Christina Bean, editor

Positive Voices Newsletter, Bella Donna Productions; Interview with Robert Liston, November, 1999 http://www.ednewsletter.com

The Providence Sunday Journal; R. I., Local Book News June 4, 2000

The Jewish United Fund of Chicago News; Feature - A Tough Look at Eating Disorders; Interview with Abigail Pickus; January 2000

Newark Star-Ledger; N.J. Family Briefs; Not a Feast for Some; December 5, 1999

Newsday, New York, N.Y.; November 22, 1999

The Rhode Island Jewish Herald; Feature - Local Woman Publishes Innovative Workbook; Interview with Luke O’Neill, November 18, 1999

*Barrington Times, R.I.; Barrington Beat; October 6, 1999

The American School Board Journal; "Food Fright"; February, 1996

Parent Guide News; August, 2000

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Diseases, Working Together;
Empowering Parents; Winter 1999

Highland Park / Deerfield Family Resource Manual. Raising Healthy Eaters: Beyond Nutrition, an article by Abigail H. Natenshon

Santa Barbara Family Life: April 2000; Detecting Early Warning Signs of Eating Disorders


ARTICLES ON LINE
ParentsTalk.com, Children Learn From What They See and Hear, October, 2002

Myria.com Could You Be Fostering an Eating Disorder in Your Child?, October, 2002

ChefMom.com Not Unless You Finish Your Dinner! Guidelines for Dessert, October, 2002

IParenting.com, Fatal Trend: Pro-Anorexic Web Sites, October, 2002, Interviewed by Gwen Morrison

HealthAtoZ.com Children May Learn Eating Disorders, September, 2002, Interviewed by Melissa Tennen

BabyZone.com Body Image Concerns in Kids, July, 2002

CoolMD.com Emotional Eating, July, 2002

PediatricOncall.com What Parents Need to Know About Body Image Disturbances and Eating Disorders, May, 2002

PediatricOncall.com Teach Your Child to Become a Healthy Eater, May, 2002

PediatricOncall.com Kids Corner: Your Body is a Wise Machine, May 2002

Child.com Heading Off Eating Disorders, April 2002, Interviewed by Jennifer Bush

KidsGrowth.com Are You a Healthy Eater?, April 2002

MyParentime.com Teach Your Child to Become a Healthy Eater, April, 2002

MomsOnline.com Are You Part of This Picture? Body Image and Eating Disorders, November 2000

Oxygen.com Featured writer

Kidsgrowth.com Featured writer/expert

Harriet Lane WWW Links (formerly Pediatric Points of Interest)

www.DrKoop.com interview about eating disorders, by Kim LaChance; June, 2001

CBS HealthWatch; The messages we give our daughters. Debbie Carvalko, editor. January 2001

Featured author: Oprah Winfrey’s MomsOnline, November-December 2000.

Brain Quest Daily, an online news service catering to kids, ages 7 – 14; Kids and Weight; November 2000; Anna Dirkson, editor

ThriveOnline on Oxygen; Body Image Concerns in Young Children, Emily Eitzloff, editor

Fox News Online; Eating Disorder Prevention; Jamie Bedrin, editor

Web MD: Body Image Concerns and Body Acceptance; by Denise Mann


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