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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kochi
041			_aEnglish
082			_a613.25 _bBRO/BO
100			_aBrown,Harriet
245			_aBODY OF TRUTH _bHow science,history and culture drive our obsession with weight and what we can do about it _cHarriet Brown
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260			_aBoston _bDa Capo Press _c2015/01/01
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500			_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"-- Provided by publisher.
650			_a Dietetics
650			_aWeight losing diets
650			_a Weight loss--Psychological aspects.
650			_a Weight loss--Psychological aspects.
650			_aWeight loss--Social aspects.
650			_aReducing diets--Evaluation.
650			_aBody image.
650			_aPSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders.
650			_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
650			_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues.
650			_aSELF-HELP / Eating Disorders.
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