The Obesity Myth: Why Our Obsessions with Weight is Hazardous to Our Health
- ISBN-10
- 0670042846
- ISBN-13
- 9780670042845
- Category
- Body image
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Viking
- Authors
- Paul Campos, Paul Ernsberger
Description
Every day we are bombarded with dire warnings about the 'obesity epidemic'. A large percentage of the adult population is obsessed with dieting. Yet studies show that a moderately active larger person is likely to be far healthier (and to live longer) than someone who is thin by sedentary.After years scrutinising medical studies and interviewing leading doctors, scientists, eating-disorder specialists and psychiatrists, Professor Paul Campos here leads the backlash against weight hysteria and shows that we can safeguard our health without obsessing about the numbers on the scales.The Obesity Myth is not just a compelling argument grounded in scientific research, it is also an expose of the billion-dollar weight-loss industry and the culture that feeds our self-defeating war on fat. Professor Campos challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the medical, political and cultural meanings behind the current weight debate.
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