Kathy Kater

Kathy Kater is a psychotherapist who has specialized in treatment and prevention of body image, eating, fitness and weight concerns for over 30 years. Frustrated the the progress made in understanding these problems has not resulted in effective prevention, she authored Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too, a primary prevention curriculum for developing children and teens in 1998. This manual, published by the National Eating Disorder Association, was fully update in 2005 to more fully incorporate concerns about rising rates of obesity. Healthy Body Image was among the first of its kind to demonstrate significant measurable improvement in weight-related attitudes and reduced risk factors for disordered eating in pubescent children. It is recommended by the U.S.D.H. Office of Women's Health in their BodyWise information packet for educators. Kater’s second book, Real Kids Come in All Sizes; Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child’s Body Esteem (Broadway Books/Random House, 2004; Spanish Edition, 2006) was written as a companion guide for parents.