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Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It | Harriet Brown

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A science journalist's provocative exploration of how biology, psychology, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies, while also tackling the myths and realities of the "obesity epidemic."

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Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It | Harriet Brown

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Excellent takedown of anti-fat bias in American culture. If you think the author is peddling a misinformed point, don‘t worry, she‘s got over fifty pages of notes, scientific study references, and indexing at the back of the book. :)