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001 2014043431
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008 141106t20152015mau b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780738217697 (hardcover)
020 $z9780738217703 (e-book)
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050 00 $aRM222.2$b.B7834 2015
082 00 $a613.2/5$223
084 $aPSY011000$aSOC028000$aSOC057000$aSEL014000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBrown, Harriet.
245 10 $aBody of truth :$bhow science, history, and culture drive our obsession with weight--and what we can do about it /$cHarriet Brown.
250 $aFirst Da Capo Press edition.
264 1 $aBoston :$bDa Capo Lifelong Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axxx, 273 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Over the last 25 years, our longing for thinness has morphed into a relentless cultural obsession with weight and body image. You can't be a woman or girl (or, increasingly, a man or boy) in America today and not grapple with the size and shape of your body, your daughter's body, other women's bodies. Even the most confident people have to find a way through a daily gauntlet of voices and images talking, admonishing, warning us about what size we should be, how much we should weigh, what we should eat and what we shouldn't. Obsessing about weight has become a ritual and a refrain, punctuating our every relationship, including the ones with ourselves. It's time to change the conversation around weight. Harriet Brown has explored the conundrums of weight and body image for more than a decade, as a science journalist, as a woman who has struggled with weight, as a mother, wife, and professor. In this book, she describes how biology, psychology, metabolism, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies, and what we can learn from them to help us shift the way we think. Brown exposes some of the myths behind the rhetoric of obesity, gives historical and contemporary context for what it means to be "fat," and offers readers ways to set aside the hysteria and think about weight and health in more nuanced and accurate ways"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aWeight loss$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aWeight loss$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aReducing diets$xEvaluation.
650 0 $aBody image.
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSELF-HELP / Eating Disorders.$2bisacsh