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Raising Body Positive Teens

A Parent's Guide to Diet-Free Living, Exercise and Body Image
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A guide for parents on creating a weight-neutral, body positive home and supporting their teen in building a healthy relationship with food and body image, from the authors of No Weigh!

Drawing on their expertise knowledge as a therapist, a dietician, and a paediatrician, this multidisciplinary author team have created a practical and friendly guide full of strategies and tools for parents to help tackle diet culture and weight stigma, allowing young people and teens to have a healthier and happier relationship with their bodies.

•Despite a global increase in eating disorders, there are very few resources for parents concerned about their childrens relationship with their bodies

•Each chapter includes a reflective exercise to help the parent integrate the material both for themselves and their child

•Authors previous book was met with great success, selling 2700 copies since its publication in July 2018

Author Biography: Signe Darpinian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS), and the past president of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (iaedpTM). She is also the creator and host of Therapy Rocks!, a personal growth podcast; Wendy Sterling is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRDS) and Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). She is the co-author of How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder; Shelley Aggarwal is double boarded in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine as well as Pediatrics and has expertise in adolescent development, disordered eating, and mindfulness. She is the Medical Director of clinics serving justice involved youth in addition to teaching faculty at Stanford Childrens Health and UCSF-Fresno.

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