For Immediate Release
Contact: Leigh Cohn
1-800-756-7533
leigh@gurze.net

THE PARENT’S GUIDE TO EATING DISORDERS
WINS 2008 NAPPA PARENTING RESOURCE COMPETITION

The 2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Parenting Resources competition announced their winners this month and The Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self-Esteem, Healthy Eating & Positive Body Image at Home (Gürze Books/September 2007/$18.95) by Marcia Herrin, Founder of the Dartmouth College Eating Disorders Program, and journalist Nancy Matsumoto, received the Honors Award.
 
As a winner of the award, the book will receive prominent coverage for one year on Parenthood.com, starting on June 1, 2008. Parenthood.com is one of the leading parenting websites and reaches more than 300,000 parents each month.

Parenting a child with an eating disorder is one of the most difficult challenges anyone can face. In their book, Herrin and Matsumoto, teach parents everything they need to know about recognizing, preventing, and sensitively solving childhood eating disorders.

Herrin’s practical approach involves families as an essential resource in successful treatment, places no blame upon them for their child’s disorder, and illustrates how effective solutions can begin at home, at virtually no cost other than a healthy investment in time, effort, and love.

After presenting a thorough overview of the different types of eating disorders and disordered eating, as well as a comprehensive overview of the medical symptoms associated with them, the authors provide concrete strategies for parents and siblings who want to help. The Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders includes an extensive discussion on the Maudsley method of treating eating disorders, and how parents can get the most out of this approach to treatment.

For additional information please visit: www.childhoodeatingdisorders.com

To request a copy of the book, to review a ready to print excerpt (600-1200 words) that we will provide free of charge on topics taken from the content in the book, or to set up an interview with Herrin please contact:

Leigh Cohn
leigh@gurze.net
1-800-756-7533

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