raven_morgan's review against another edition
4.0
A mus read for anyone who struggles with weight and obesity. Some great ideas in here, including the information that not everyone will absorb the same amount of calories from the same foods.
brinastewart's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great book for the body acceptance movement. There are many studies that are referred to in the book and can seem heavy on the scientific jargon. However, the author does layman term it following the data she shares and some of the studies she talks about, I have heard of before. If it is difficult for you to read, then the audio book will be great.
I love how she promotes feeding your self for nourishment and enjoying the food you eat, but not to eat because of emotions or boredom. This is great to get your bearings on nutrition for feeding your body and enjoying your life and not giving into the diet industry that make money off of making people feel bad because of their body. There is also talk about the processed foods that are readily available and pushed on us that the health industry fails to acknowledge or change, making it "our" fault that our bodies and health have suffered because of these ingredients in processed foods.
Bottom line..., this is a great book that everyone needs to read.
I love how she promotes feeding your self for nourishment and enjoying the food you eat, but not to eat because of emotions or boredom. This is great to get your bearings on nutrition for feeding your body and enjoying your life and not giving into the diet industry that make money off of making people feel bad because of their body. There is also talk about the processed foods that are readily available and pushed on us that the health industry fails to acknowledge or change, making it "our" fault that our bodies and health have suffered because of these ingredients in processed foods.
Bottom line..., this is a great book that everyone needs to read.
suporic's review against another edition
5.0
Such an important book about diet culture that I wish I had read when I was young (but am still SO grateful to be able to read now). I wanted to highlight every paragraph.
chelseareese's review against another edition
5.0
Extremely helpful and valuable info. Very well researched with a huge appendix of references. Also lists many resources even down to where you can purchase plus sized exercise clothing. Excellent.
blaiselebalaise's review against another edition
4.0
Un bon livre de façon général. Je ne pense pas que le livre réussisse entièrement à convaincre que le poids n'a pas d'effet sur la santé, malgré l'abondance de références ; on peut trouver des études qui prouvent le point de vue opposé assez facilement. Pour quelqu'un qui ne peut pas analyser l'ensemble des études et leur qualité, les références ne sont pas nécessairement convaincantes dans ce sens.
La vraie force du livre se trouve selon moi dans le changement d'optique qu'il veut apporter : plutôt que de regarder le poids seulement, et essayer de n'importe quelle façon de le réduire, il faut tenter de prendre en main sa santé sur plusieurs aspects, par exemple: augmenter son activité physique parce que ça améliore notre bien-être et notre humeur, et non parce que ça brûle des calories. Se permettre de manger ce que l'on veut, mais se questionner sur nos désirs lorsqu'on veut manger des aliments ultra-transformés.
Le livre peut tout aussi bien aider quelqu'un qui désire quand même perdre du poids en offrant des conseils pour le faire d'une façon saine et durable, bien que le livre affirme clairement que ce n'est pas là son objectif. Qu'on soit d'accord ou non avec la conclusion, il y a du positif à en tirer.
La vraie force du livre se trouve selon moi dans le changement d'optique qu'il veut apporter : plutôt que de regarder le poids seulement, et essayer de n'importe quelle façon de le réduire, il faut tenter de prendre en main sa santé sur plusieurs aspects, par exemple: augmenter son activité physique parce que ça améliore notre bien-être et notre humeur, et non parce que ça brûle des calories. Se permettre de manger ce que l'on veut, mais se questionner sur nos désirs lorsqu'on veut manger des aliments ultra-transformés.
Le livre peut tout aussi bien aider quelqu'un qui désire quand même perdre du poids en offrant des conseils pour le faire d'une façon saine et durable, bien que le livre affirme clairement que ce n'est pas là son objectif. Qu'on soit d'accord ou non avec la conclusion, il y a du positif à en tirer.
gabieowleyess's review against another edition
4.0
Yeah, this book is in line with the type of things I've been reading recently. I'm totally never going on a diet again. I stopped dieting and started listening to my body at the beginning of this quarentine and I have never been happier. One thing I didn't like about this book is the way it made equivalencies between different types of oppression without naming that those oppressions are indeed not the same. However, I still gained a lot of wonderful information from this book.
genia_sh95's review against another edition
4.0
This book wasn't perfect. However, it raises an important point, weight isn't an indication for health or lack of it. How many of the things we believe are wrong.
The first part of the book deals with the science behind this statement. It was very informative however too long and at some point I got tire and started skipping some pages.
The second part deals with how to implement the "health at every size" concept. This part was great.
The book also has an appendix which has letters to family members, health care professionals etc. I found this very helpful because I'm not the best person with coming up with statements to support my point in an argument or a disagreement.
The first part of the book deals with the science behind this statement. It was very informative however too long and at some point I got tire and started skipping some pages.
The second part deals with how to implement the "health at every size" concept. This part was great.
The book also has an appendix which has letters to family members, health care professionals etc. I found this very helpful because I'm not the best person with coming up with statements to support my point in an argument or a disagreement.
stierbri's review against another edition
2.0
I really hate to think how many people this book is going to dupe. It is not healthy to be obese! Being slightly overweight most of us are. But the fact that this book says you can be healthy no matter how heavy you are is a myth in a very dangerous one to be a proponent of. I find this book irresponsible and leading many people into an early death!
jtisreading's review against another edition
4.0
Reviewing non-fiction is when content becomes essential to my rating of a book. I would like to add how I relate to this reading for a sense of possible bias on the content within. First, I am working towards another grad degree in clinical psychology. In all that I have studied, I felt it important for me to think about my approach to healthy boundaries and balance with food. This is the third book I've read about food and healthy eating in the past year. I slowly feel like I am starting to get a grasp on my thoughts, but still very far from anything solid.
This book was invaluable in thinking about the psychology of dieting and health. I think everyone should read it, with a grain of salt. From a psychological perspective more and more I see intuitive eating as a proper response to food. Yet, here is the caveat- I'm not yet a real practitioner of it. My relationship with food has always been enjoyment and fuel, which is positive. But six years ago when I became really sick with adrenal insufficiency (which included weight gain and serious immune issues) - I found that eating and restricting certain foods really helped on my pathway to health, which wasn't supposed to happen since I had a chronic illness.
So I kept nodding my head and saying YES YES YES throughout this book, but then also many times saying YES BUT....
I really think the psychological approach here is sound and is presented in a way that helps remind us to love ourselves and release body shame. After I became sick it was really the first time I felt body shame because I didn't like the way clothes fit. But here is the rub... In order to become healthy again, I really did have to train my body differently than before. I stopped a lot of dairy in my diet, no caffeine, and ate almost all vegetables. So though I was restricting in a way, I was also adamantly listening to my body. Which seems to be a contradiction (listening/restricting). And I understand why.
The highlight of this book is its ability to renegotiate the way we view health and weight and the recognition that the idea of "fat" or "obesity" is a real societal problem- caused by beauty norms and by pharmaceutical and government entities. This isn't so much a conspiracy as much as it is just good business.. and Bacon does an incredible job dissecting that throughout the book. It really is powerful.
The problem is her nutritional advice. Though the areas of taste and recreating taste are well done, her bias with several studies is prevalent and her knowledge of nutrition within the book is scarce (which honestly might be because this is not another diet book). There are ways to intuitively eat and train the body at the same time. No, I don't have the answer, and for the most part, I think Bacon is right about the stress and angst in dieting doing harm to people better than the benefits of losing a couple of pounds.
Yet I don't think it's wrong to want to feel good in your clothes, and sometimes Bacon's form of intuitive eating will not get us there. Maybe it's time to buy new clothes? Or maybe the is a healthy way to wield your body. I honestly don't know but my intuition says yes.... yes there is. And I can sense it in some of the biases I do see within this book. Don't hold that against the book or Bacon, because ultimately it is an important read and will be a valuable tool in thinking about the psychology of eating. Intuitive eating is the healthiest way to eat without becoming religious and ritualistic about our food (veganism, intermittent fasting, keto)...
Perhaps the book is also so invaluable because not only did I learn so much from it but it also made me have so many more questions.
This book was invaluable in thinking about the psychology of dieting and health. I think everyone should read it, with a grain of salt. From a psychological perspective more and more I see intuitive eating as a proper response to food. Yet, here is the caveat- I'm not yet a real practitioner of it. My relationship with food has always been enjoyment and fuel, which is positive. But six years ago when I became really sick with adrenal insufficiency (which included weight gain and serious immune issues) - I found that eating and restricting certain foods really helped on my pathway to health, which wasn't supposed to happen since I had a chronic illness.
So I kept nodding my head and saying YES YES YES throughout this book, but then also many times saying YES BUT....
I really think the psychological approach here is sound and is presented in a way that helps remind us to love ourselves and release body shame. After I became sick it was really the first time I felt body shame because I didn't like the way clothes fit. But here is the rub... In order to become healthy again, I really did have to train my body differently than before. I stopped a lot of dairy in my diet, no caffeine, and ate almost all vegetables. So though I was restricting in a way, I was also adamantly listening to my body. Which seems to be a contradiction (listening/restricting). And I understand why.
The highlight of this book is its ability to renegotiate the way we view health and weight and the recognition that the idea of "fat" or "obesity" is a real societal problem- caused by beauty norms and by pharmaceutical and government entities. This isn't so much a conspiracy as much as it is just good business.. and Bacon does an incredible job dissecting that throughout the book. It really is powerful.
The problem is her nutritional advice. Though the areas of taste and recreating taste are well done, her bias with several studies is prevalent and her knowledge of nutrition within the book is scarce (which honestly might be because this is not another diet book). There are ways to intuitively eat and train the body at the same time. No, I don't have the answer, and for the most part, I think Bacon is right about the stress and angst in dieting doing harm to people better than the benefits of losing a couple of pounds.
Yet I don't think it's wrong to want to feel good in your clothes, and sometimes Bacon's form of intuitive eating will not get us there. Maybe it's time to buy new clothes? Or maybe the is a healthy way to wield your body. I honestly don't know but my intuition says yes.... yes there is. And I can sense it in some of the biases I do see within this book. Don't hold that against the book or Bacon, because ultimately it is an important read and will be a valuable tool in thinking about the psychology of eating. Intuitive eating is the healthiest way to eat without becoming religious and ritualistic about our food (veganism, intermittent fasting, keto)...
Perhaps the book is also so invaluable because not only did I learn so much from it but it also made me have so many more questions.