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03185aam a2200505 i 4500 001 7CA6B854E59011E4B87737CBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 141106s2015 maua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014043431 020 $a 0738217697 020 $a 9780738217697 035 $a (OCoLC)884814411 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RM222.2 $b .B7834 2015 060 4 $a WD 212 082 00 $a 613.2/5 $2 23 084 $a SEL014000 $a SOC028000 $a SOC057000 $a SEL014000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Brown, Harriet, $e author. 245 10 $a Body of truth : $b how science, history, and culture drive our obsession with weight--and what we can do about it / $c Harriet Brown. 250 $a First Da Capo Press edition. 264 1 $a Boston, MA : $b Lifelong Books/Da Capo Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xxx, 273 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 520 $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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Weight loss $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Weight loss $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Reducing diets $x Evaluation. 650 0 $a Body image. 941 $a 12 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214023134.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508021610.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204080149.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062103.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006084438.0 952 $l N4AX745 $d 20180808035701.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180802020324.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719042537.0 952 $l VMPC334 $d 20171215012501.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20160407024044.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20150908123714.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20150619014305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7CA6B854E59011E4B87737CBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search