Sara 8aerwald has<br >provided consistent no-nonsense suprport ftom afar.<br >Malinda Coleman miraculously dr~pped every-<br >thing to provide crucial help at a~ritical time.<br >Gillian Slovo cared for me very well in the final<br >stages. Joseph Schwartz came through in unimagin-<br >able ways providing love， support， patience，<br >criticism， handholding and chicken soup<br >throughout--mY love and deep appreciation cannot<br >express how important this has been to me.<br >Preface<br >In March 1970， I went to the Alter<br >Avenue and 14th Street in New Yor<br >for a course on compulsive eating<br >women only. I walked into a roo<br >forty women of various sizes tal~<br >bodies and their eating habits. Ca<br >course organizer， visibly delighted<br >was suggesting that we break upint<br >was the first time since the beginnin<br >liberation movement that womer<br >come forward for discussion grc<br >dealing with body image. <br ><br >