Overcoming Binge Eating is a book for people with binge eating problems, and it has been written with their help. I therefore want to start by thanking those patients and volunteers who commented on early versions of the book and tested out the self-help program. Their contributions were invaluable. In addition, I want to thank the friends and colleagues who helped me create the forerunner of the present book. I am particularly indebted to Kelly Brownell, Jacqui Carter, Zafra Cooper, Phillipa Hay, Laura Hill, Marsha Marcus, Marianne O’Connor, and Terry Wilson.
This new version of Overcoming Binge Eating was written with the input of Emma Clifton, Sarah Squire, and Suzanne Straebler. I am enormously grateful to all three of them. I am also grateful to Natalie Barnes, Mara Catling, and Sarah Collins for their careful proofreading.
Lastly, I want to thank the Wellcome Trust. This extraordinary foundation has funded me and my research since 1984. Without its support this self-help program, and the treatment upon which it is based, would never have been developed.