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  • The New Science of Weight Loss - And the Myths and Realities of Dieting
  • Written by: Gina Kolata
  • Narrated by: Ellen Archer
  • Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Rethinking Thin

Written by: Gina Kolata
Narrated by: Ellen Archer
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In this eye-opening audiobook, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting and weight loss is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals.

Rethinking Thin is at once an account of the place of diets in American society and a provocative critique of the weight-loss industry. Kolata's account of four determined dieters' progress through a study comparing the Atkins diet to a conventional low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, and of politics and power.

Rethinking Thin asks whether words like willpower are really applicable when it comes to eating and body weight. It dramatizes what it feels like to spend a lifetime struggling with one's weight and fantasizing about finally getting thin. It tells the little-known story of the science of obesity and the history of diets and dieting: scientific and social phenomena that have made some people rich and thin and left others fat and miserable. And it offers commonsense answers to questions about weight, eating habits, and obesity, giving us a better understanding of the weight that is right for our bodies.
©2007 Gina Kolata (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc.
Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Hygiene & Healthy Living
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"Kolata may be the best writer around covering the science of health...This book will change your thinking about weight, whether you struggle with it or not." ( Publishers Weekly)

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so much data!

I loved this book. there's a ton of data, but the book also lifts up and values the experiences of individuals as well. only caveat is that she doesn't really avoid using words like 'obese' or sometimes describes larger bodied people is ways that could be really triggering for some. the overall message is very worth listening to, and the book is well organized

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