“Let’s Talk about Men’s Bodies
(and Women’s, Too)!”
This fast-moving, multimedia talk by Leigh
Cohn, coauthor of
Making Weight: Men’s Conflicts
with Food, Weight, Shape & Appearance
, is an eyeopener
for men and women. Drawing students
from numerous disciplines, Cohn is both entertaining
- with lots of TV and movie clips - and
motivational. At a recent college presentation, he
split 400 students into male and female groups,
engaged them in lively give and take, and held
them spellbound for one-and-a-half hours!
About 80% of women have dieted, and Cohn explains
why an equal number of men want to lose
weight or put on pounds of muscle. He addresses
the objectification of men and women, the resulting problems of eating disorders,
poor body image, concerns over sexuality, and low self-esteem. He also provides solutions,
including media literacy, understanding the influences of heredity, healthy
eating and exercise, and much more.
He has given similar talks at many colleges, including Penn State, Notre
Dame, Duke, Ohio State Univerity, and the University of Calgary, as well as presentations
on men’s issues at the American College Health Association, International
Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, the Academy of Eating Disorders, the
Renfrew Foundation, and the Elisa Project. Cohn also speaks about special concerns
for athletes, eating disorders prevention, and likes meeting individually with counselors
and students to address their unique concerns.
He and his wife, Lindsey Hall, wrote the first book on bulimia in 1980, and
their company, Gürze Books, is the world’s leading resource for information about
eating disorders. He has coauthored many books on eating disorders and is Editorin-
Chief of
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. For over twenty
years, he has spoken at many colleges and universities, hospitals, community
groups and professional conferences.
More information at: www.gurze.com/client/client_pages/leighspeaks.cfm
Contact Leigh Cohn at Gürze Books: (760)434-7533 or gurze@aol.com.
“Let’s Talk about Men’s Bodies
(and Women’s, Too)!”
–
A Presentation
by Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS
Leigh Cohn: Bio
Leigh Cohn, M.A.T., CEDS is the Publisher of Gürze Books, a company that has specialized in
eating disorders education and publications since 1980. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief
of
EATING DISORDERS: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention (Brunner/Routledge) and publisher
of
Eating Disorders Review, a clinical newsletter, and Eating Disorders Today, a newsletter
for individuals in recovery and their loved-ones.
Since the early 1980’s, he has spoken about eating disorders at colleges and universities, hospitals,
to community groups, and as a keynote speaker at professional conferences for the International
Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, Academy of Eating Disorders, American
College Health Association, Massachusetts Eating Disorders Association, and The Elisa
Project, among others. He has also spoken at such universities as Notre Dame, Duke, Penn
State, Ohio State University, Shippensburg University, Georgia State University, the University
of Calgary, University of Nebraska, Kansas State University, California State University at
Northridge, Universtiy of Georgia, and others.
The co-author of several books (see list), he is best known for
BULIMIA: A Guide to Recovery,
which he co-authored with his wife, Lindsey Hall, and which has sold more than 150,000 copies.
This book, as well as their classic,
Self-Esteem Tools for Recovery, and others have been translated
into Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, French, and other languages. He has also co-edited
clinical books including
Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders and the upcoming Self Harm and
Eating Disorders
.
Gürze Books, which is owned by Leigh and Lindsey, has released such important titles as
Father
Hunger
and Body Wars (Maine), A Starving Madness (Rabinor), Preventing Childhood Eating
Problems
(Hirschmann and Zaphiropolous), The Body Betrayed (Zerbe) and many others. Their
Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue
is the most widely-used resource in the eating disorders
field and their website,
www.bulimia.com is one of the most highly regarded on the web.
Leigh is also a past president of Publishers Marketing Association (PMA), a non-profit trade
association of 3500 publishing companies throughout the United States. An authority on publishing,
he has been a featured speaker at conferences in New York, Alaska, Miami, Los Angeles,
Denver, Arizona, and London.
In 2007, Leigh was given an honorary Certified Eating Disorders Specialist designation by the
International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals; and in 2005, Leigh and Lindsey
received an Award for Service by the Eating Disorders Coalition in Washington DC; and, Leigh
was also the subject of a feature story on WGN-News, “The Superstation,” which was televised
nationally.
8/2007
Leigh Cohn: Partial List of Publications
BOOKS
2004
Self-Harm and Eating Disorders (with John Levitt, Ph.D. and Randy Sansone,
M.D.)
2001
Cómo entender y superar la bulimia (with Lindsey Hall)
[Spanish edition of
Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery]
2000 Making Weight: Healing Men’s Conflicts with Food, Weight & Shape
(with Arnold
Andersen, M.D. and Thomas Holbrook, M.D.)
1999 Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery – Fifth Edition
(with Lindsey Hall)
also in Italian, Hungarian, and Czech
1999 Eating Disorders: A Reference Sourcebook
(with Ray Lemberg, Ph.D.)
1996 Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders
(with Mark Schwartz, Sc.D.)
1990 Self Esteem: Tools for Recovery
(with Lindsey Hall)
also in Japanese, French, and Chinese
1988 Dear Kids of Alcoholics
(with Lindsey Hall)
1987 Recoveries: True Stories of People Who Have Overcome Addictions and Compulsions
(with Lindsey Hall)
1980
Eat Without Fear (with Lindsey Hall)
[The first of 3 booklets which were the first publications ever written on
bulimia.]
PERIODICALS
Editor-in-Chief
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention
(Taylor & Francis)
(peer-review journal; on- going since 1993)
Publisher
Eating Disorders Review
(clinical newsletter; since 1995)
Eating Disorders Today
(lay newsletter since 2002)
Health at Every Size
journal (2003-5)
Feedback from talks by Leigh Cohn
“I don’t feel that I adequately thanked you for your work in Edmonton last week. I was pleased
with the two speaking engagements – they came off just as I had hoped. I admire your ability to
share of yourself with your powerful messages of self-acceptance and love.”
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“Leigh opened my mind to issues I was somewhat ignorant of and I am grateful for his wealth of
finely tuned information. I enjoyed his understated, self-effacing style. Wonderful keynote!”
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“Very interesting and enlightening. The ‘star’ of the General Sessions.”
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“This was a good session, we’d love to have this man speak on our campus.”
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“Presentation was excellent and enjoyable. Wonderful delivery. I am excited about trying to reach
the media on our campus.”
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“Eye opening. An interesting and dynamic speaker. Funny and informative.”
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“Excellent visuals. Mr. Cohn conveyed a very important message.”
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“Dear Leigh, Thank you again for taking the time to speak with my me and my husband at Penn
State. You knew exactly what we needed to hear.”
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“Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that when I was meeting with one of my students
yesterday, she let me know how meaningful the discussion with you was for her and her
peers. She and many of her friends also felt moved by the presentation and it really brought up a
lot of unresolved, yet very repressed issues for her. A big thanks from us both.”
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“I sincerely wanted to thank you for your usual stellar presence at our meeting. Once again,
Leigh, thank you for your love and generosity. People who encounter you are truly blessed!”