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Diet Myth Why America's Obsession With Weight Is Hazardous To Your Health

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PB :
298 Pages
Publisher:
Gotham Books
Pub. Date:
May 05, 2005
Our Part #:
07167
ISBN-10:
159240135X
ISBN-13:
9781592401352

Description:

A provocative, wry expose of the science, culture, and politics that feed America's self-defeating war on fat and perpetuate the false equation of thinness with health.



Published in hardcover as The Obesity Myth, The Diet Myth began as a cover story in The New Republic, drawing one of the lrgest reader responses in that magazine's history. Like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, The Diet Myth is a real paradigm-busting read that challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the medical, political, and cultural meaning of weight.



Obesity is a major health crisis, according to our government. After years of scritinizing medical studies and interviewing leading doctors and scientists, Paul Campos is ready to lead the backlash against weight hysteria, proving that those extra pounds are not so bad for us after all. But The Diet Mythis not only a compelling argument--it's also extremely entertaining. Campos shows:

  • How the nation's most trusted media sources misinform the public about obesity
  • What Gwyneth Paltrow's fat suit tells us about the relationship between racial- and body-based prejudice in America
  • How America's weight-loss mania fueled the impeachment of Bill Clinton
  • Why dieting is bad for our health



    In this grounbreaking book, Paul Campos brings a rational new voice to America's weight debate.

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