Body of Truth

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Body of Truth is written by Harriet Brown and published by Hachette+ORM. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0738217700 (ISBN 10) and 9780738217703 (ISBN 13).

"A must-read for anyone ready to start shaking this fat = bad, thin = good obsession. Brown's book can help you love your body now." — Bustle For more than three decades, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. As a science journalist, Harriet Brown has explored this collective longing and fixation from an objective perspective; as a mother, wife, and woman with "weight issues," she has struggled to understand it on a personal level. Now, in Body of Truth, Brown systematically unpacks what's been offered as "truth" about weight and health. Starting with the four biggest lies, Brown shows how research has been manipulated; how the medical profession is complicit in keeping us in the dark; how big pharma and big, empty promises equal big, big dollars; how much of what we know (or think we know) about health and weight is wrong. And how all of those affect all of us every day, whether we know it or not. The quest for health and wellness has never been more urgent, yet most of us continue to buy into fad diets and unattainable body ideals, unaware of the damage we're doing to ourselves. Through interviews, research, and her own experience, Brown not only gives us the real story on weight, health, and beauty, but also offers concrete suggestions for how each of us can sort through the lies and misconceptions and make peace with and for ourselves. "Debunk[s] the dieting craze . . . Inspiring? Yes, especially the author's concrete suggestions about weight, health and beauty." — Hudson Valley News