Kathy Bowen-Woodward, Coping with a Negative BodyImage. New York: Rosen, 1989. Written primarily for and about girls, this book discusses how a negative body image can develop and provides suggestions for how to improve it. Each chapter contains exercises that help readers to think about their own body image.

Nancy J. Kolodny, When Food's a Foe: How You Can Confront and Conquer Your Eating Disorder. 2nd rev. ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. A self-help guide offering information on how eating disorders develop, their impact on a person's life, how they can be treated, and ways to prevent them.

Steven Levenkron, The Best Little Girl in the World. New York: Warner Books, 1978. A best-selling novel for young readers, this book tells the story of a girl who battles anorexia nervosa, an obsession with losing weight that becomes self-destructive.

Ira M. Sacker and Marc A. Zimmer...