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The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America by Virginia Sole-Smith
3 reviews
disnelyse's review
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Fatphobia and Vomit
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, and Racism
s_jw's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.0
I think this book was poorly labeled and blurbed. If you are looking for a more technical deep dive into the history of dieting and diet culture in America this is not the book for you. The author is a journalist and it shows in her writing by being very accessible and mainly anecdotal. HOWEVER this book is a four star due to the fact that her story and others she interviewed are incredibly interesting and touching. I love reading the chapter about hunger and her struggles with her daughter learning to eat. A must ready if you are a parent to a kid who struggles to eat and is picky. Informative and touching overall.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Classism
mhigbee's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Classism