Elizabeth Babcock has written the most helpful and comprehensive book on overeating I have ever seen … The book is extremely well written and thoroughly referenced. Babcock breaks things down to make them understandable and memorable …
This book takes the reader by the hand to design a new life without overeating, from the ways to think about such a life (long term well-being, a satisfying life) to the step-by-step practical strategies that lead there … It is a worthy read for anyone, and a godsend for those who seek to enjoy a satisfying life without overeating.
Sharon Eakes, MA, BCC; Executive Coach, Author, Huffington Post Blogger, Clinical Director (1972-1996) of Gateway Rehabilitation Center, Aliquippa, PA
I have followed wellness-related media for decades now, but was pleasantly surprised to find something totally new here … This material is a complete, near-encyclopedic work aimed at weight regulating mechanisms of the human body … Some chapters are very unique and familiar only to highly specialized health professionals … yet reading them is easy and entertaining.
This book is a game changer. I highly recommend it to the general public as well as to health care providers at all levels.
Evgeniy A. Shchelchkov, MD; Chairman, Department of Neurology; The Washington Health System, Washington, PA
Ms. Babcock … offers an easily understood overview of how our brains function in relation to compulsive behaviors such as overeating, explaining how the emotional brain often sabotages our ability to maintain control as it seeks immediate gratification through eating …
Why We Overeat and How to Stop moves beyond thinking of diets, pounds, numbers, and scales and challenges readers to critically appraise overeating, set meaningful, individualized goals, and move beyond all-or-nothing thinking in an effort to promote our healthiest selves …
I certainly plan to recommend this book to clients who struggle with eating issues and also feel that this book can benefit anyone struggling with compulsive behaviors.
Kirstyn M. Kameg, DNP, PMHNP-BC; Professor of Nursing, AIME Project Director, PMHNP Program Coordinator; Robert Morris University, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
In this practical, readable, intellectually digestible resource, Ms. Babcock explains in simple terms the complex neurobiology of eating and overeating, of cravings, and of one’s preference for being a couch potato rather than an Energizer Bunny®. More importantly, Ms. Babcock explains how to work with rather than against nature to improve one’s physical well-being, while simultaneously improving one’s mental well-being …
While this book is intended for individuals struggling with emotional food and eating issues, health professionals would certainly benefit from reading it as well. I recommend it for counselors/psychotherapists, Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, personal trainers, health coaches, Registered Nurses, and primary care providers (MDs/DOs/CRNPs/PAs).
Katherine Stephens-Bogard, MS, RDN/LD, CDE, RYT; Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator; DEMP & Outpatient Nutrition, The Washington Health System, Washington, PA
Elizabeth Babcock has written one of the most easily "digested" self-help books I have ever read. Why We Overeat and How to Stop provides a wealth of information about how evolution, neuroscience, culture, and society influence the way we eat, and, more importantly, many well-thought-out and tested strategies for making profound life changes. She manages to convey all of this in a conversational style without jargon or undue complexity. It is as though she is sitting across the room from and talking directly to the reader. Her insight, compassion, and support emanate throughout. Why We Overeat and How to Stop is an invaluable resource for people struggling with overeating and the professionals who are trying to help them.
Robert Mason, LCSW CEAP; Director of Employee Assistance Services; 21st Century Employee Assistance Partners, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
This book is nothing short of remarkable in its ability to address the dynamics of overeating in a clear and understandable manner as well as those processes needed to make change … I highly recommend this book for individuals who have fought with overeating and for anyone wishing to treat clients who have had any issues around eating. It is easily understood and written in language that can be followed by clients, and novice as well as seasoned clinicians.
Dr. John D Massella, LPC, NCC, CCS, CCDP; Assistant Professor and Clinician, California University of Pennsylvania
As someone who has battled food addiction all of my life, I find Ms. Babcock’s words and concepts so simple that I wonder why no one else has ever been able to fine-tune the art of normalizing food consumption and taking the fight out of the process …
Her approach to why we eat, how we eat, how we choose our food, how we shop and most certainly what we define as food should be the foundation for the way we honor our bodies and thus feed not only our physical self but our soul.
Debra Bates, RN; Director of Health Ministries
Christ United Methodist Church, Bethel Park, PA
In Ms. Babcock’s book, Why We Overeat and How to Stop, she provides compelling insight into the fundamental reasons why all of us are prone to overeating. The all-encompassing comprehensive approach to this book truly makes it stand out …
The book is thoroughly researched, well written, and wide reaching. It touches upon the importance of our emotional behaviors (you may think twice about giving your crying baby a snack to calm him down after reading this book), the challenge of the American diet as it currently stands, and the utmost importance in which exercise minimizes overeating.
It has proven to be a very enjoyable read, with practical advice that just makes sense, and I intend to wholeheartedly recommend this book to my patients going forward.
Jeffrey Liu, MD; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
South Hills Cardiology Associates, Bethel Park, PA
Babcock … combines compassion, science-supported information, and a practical guide to light the way toward a sustainable and joyful relationship with food. In doing so, she also points the way for us to create deeply meaningful lives revolving around what matters most …
She invites us to let ourselves off the hook, and make a life-change for the better. Very rarely do self-help books offer tangible, accessible steps with such clarity and depth of heart.
Dr. Lori Gray, PhD; Licensed Psychologist, Assistant Professor; Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness, Western Michigan University