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The Obesity Myth
The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health | Paul F. Campos
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An exploration of America's self-defeating war on obesity argues against the myth that falsely equates thinness with health and explains why dieting is bad for the health and how the media misinform the public.
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OutsmartYourShelf
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Mehso-so

As this book was published quite a while ago, the reader should exercise caution, however, the main thing that I came away with from this book is that we should be focussing on raising activity levels, therefore increasing health of the cardiovascular system among others, rather than purely on weight loss. There were some interesting arguments in the book but some of the points were endlessly repeated. 3⭐

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herbslut
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Breakfast and started reading #TheObesityMyth. I'm writing a research paper about a Health at Every Size framework's effects on clinical outcomes, so I scooped this up from the library to see if it will give any useful sources or background. It was written in 2004 though, and I'm a bit wary about using sources that are that old...