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INTUITIVE EATING: A RECOVERY BOOK FOR THE CHRONIC DIETER By Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD, and Elyse Resch, MS, RD. New York, NY: St Martin's Press; 1995. Hardcover. Pp 237. Price $21.95. ISBN 0-312-13097-X
At first glance Intuitive Eating appears to look like another 12-step program for diet addicts; the title even suggests something along those lines. However, the addiction model of treatment is not the basis for this book. The author's approach is a gentle one, teaching dieters to care for themselves not punish and to trust their bodies and internal cues (eg, hunger). The goal is to...