A review by spellboundreader
What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety by Cole Kazdin

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

“Failure is the business model for the weight loss industry… and companies rely on repeat customers…”

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This book… Bless you Cole Kazdin. I won’t be going into detail about my struggles with weight loss or my relationship with food in this review. Just know that those struggles exist, and I am far from healthy. Physically or mentally… The sad part is that I am not alone.

The epidemic of ED’s in this country is ridiculous and completely avoidable. Unfortunately, I feel like social media will never stop picking apart women’s bodies, so we have to take matters into our own hands.

Cole highlights in this book the importance of our mindset and how we view food. Or rather, our relationship with food. The importance of seeking nutrients that our body needs, rather than eliminating “bad foods” and picking up another fad diet that we know won’t work. Moderation is key to a physically/mentally/emotionally healthy lifestyle.

This book is part memoir, investigative reporting, a dash of self-help and completely feminist. I would genuinely recommend this books to every woman who is unsatisfied with her body. Because it truly is NOT our faults. 

TW’s: obviously there are discussions of ED’s.

HAES (Health At Every Size) is mentioned in this book, and to be honest, I still have mixed feeling on the movement. Do your own research in this department. 
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