[.ca] When Food Is Love (ISBN 0452268184)

This style doesn't work for me:
I gave this book only 1 star because its title and subtitle are completely misleading. It is not a self-help book but a kind of autobiography focused on various "abuses" in the author's life. For people who are involved in this author's programme, this book and its author may be interesting but for me and for people who, like me, are looking for a more scientific approach, it has little value. I also don't accept the view that "abuse" (the buzz word of the 90-ties), in whatever guise, is always at the root of the problem of overeating. I admit that I haven't read the whole book - I just don't have a slightest interest in the author's life - but I thought that my review may help people who were mislead, like me, by the title and some of the other reviewers' testimonies. This is not a "no diet" self-help book, but a rather wordy autobiography. It is also slightly dated since today we know much more about emotional eating than 13 years ago when this book was written. If you need "moral support", then Roth's book is probably fine, but I think there are better ways of spending your time.

wonderful book with great insight:
Even if you aren't a compulsive eater, this book offers great insight into the world of addiction. It focuses on why we substitute food (or anything else) for love in your lives and examines events from our childhood as the reason for this inability to receive love from others. A great read, educational yet contains stories from the author's life, and others she has met, which keep it moving.

Pillow case of M & M's:
You have got to be kidding me. This is no answer for a food addict. Read Kay Sheppard and find recovery.

Absolutely Amazing book:
For anyone who has ever struggled with an eating disorder or who has used food for their comfort, this book hops into your mind and reads like it was taken from your life. Geneen touches on so many points that hit close to home and dicusses them in a way that will make you wonder if she has been reading your own personal diary. All in all, this is a wonderful book that made me stop and really examine those aspects of my life that needed attending to.

A good read:
This book was helpful to me in that it showed me there are others struggling with this problem. It also provided insight into the link between compulsive eating and childhood traumas. While my childhood was nothing like Roth's, and a lot of what she has gone through I have not, I found this book helpful in coming to terms with my own eating compulsion issues. It's dramatic and sometimes hard to relate to. I'm also finding some of the concepts difficult to grasp (I'm now reading it for the second time), but I believe the overarching ideas Roth presents are useful to those of us who've only recently diagnosed our eating compulsion issues.