Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight -- and What We Can Do about It by Harriet Brown

Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight -- and What We Can Do about It

Harriet Brown

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology science reflective fast-paced

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Over the past twenty-five years, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. In our culture, "fat" has become a four-letter word. Or, as Lance Armstrong said to the wife of a former teammate, "I calle...

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