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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Over two-thirds of Americans have dieted at some point in their lives-- and upwards of 90% of people who intentionally lose weight gain it back within five years, often gaining more weight than they lost. Harrison shows that diet culture, a system of beliefs that equates thinness to health and moral virtue, promotes weight loss as a means of attaining higher status, and demonizes certain ways of eating while elevating others. It's sexist, racist,...
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