Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths and Realities of Dieting - Hardcover

Kolata, Gina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374103984 ISBN 13: 9780374103989

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007

Synopsis

Society's obsession with dieting and weight loss reveals how they are less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals, in this account of the place of diets in American society. 50,000 first printing.

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Review

" Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques and smooth prose style of a top science reporter." -- Beryl Lieff Benderley, "The Washington Post"

"Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques and smooth prose style of a top science reporter." --Beryl Lieff Benderley, "The Washington Post"

"An incisive, thought-provoking examination of a subject that concerns us all. This book will educate and illuminate those seeking solid information about the struggle to lose weight." -- Dr. Jerome E. Groopman, author of "The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness "and staff writer at "The New Yorker"
" Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques and smooth prose style of a top science reporter." -- Beryl Lieff Benderley, "The Washington Post"
"An incisive, thought-provoking examination of a subject that concerns us all. This book will educate and illuminate those seeking solid information about the struggle to lose weight."& nbsp; & nbsp; -- Dr. Jerome E. Groopman, author of The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness and staff writer at The New Yorker
" Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques and smooth prose style of a top science reporter. " -- Beryl Lieff Benderley, The Washington Post
"An incisive, thought-provoking examination of a subject that concerns us all. This book will educate and illuminate those seeking solid information about the struggle to lose weight." --Dr. Jerome E. Groopman, author of "The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness "and staff writer at "The New Yorker"
"Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques and smooth prose style of a top science reporter." --Beryl Lieff Benderley, "The Washington Post"
"Kolata lays out the case against the nation's multibillion-dollar weight-loss industry with compelling clarity."--"The New York Sun
""An incisive, thought-provoking examination of a subject that concerns us all. This book will educate and illuminate those seeking solid information about the struggle to lose weight."--Jerome Groopman, M.D., "author of How Doctors Think
""[Kolata] questions the current chest-beating in this sobering examination of why diets fail."--"People" (four stars, critic's choice)
"[Kolata] punctuates her eight chapters with the voices of a cluster of dieters, [and] their stories add human consequence to the universal findings."--"The Plain Dealer" (Cleveland)
"A first-rate author . . . Readers who care about the searing obesity debate will want to read this book."--"Houston Chronicle"
"[Kolata's] report reveals well-documented intelligence certain to annoy those segments of society and commerce that stubbornly cling to the "ignis fatuus" that all one needs to be thin is willpower."--"Booklist
""This book will make you think differently about obesity and perhaps make the obese think more realistically about themselves."--"The Arizona Republic "

Kolata lays out the case against the nation's multibillion-dollar weight-loss industry with compelling clarity. "The New York Sun"

An incisive, thought-provoking examination of a subject that concerns us all. This book will educate and illuminate those seeking solid information about the struggle to lose weight. "Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of How Doctors Think"

[Kolata] questions the current chest-beating in this sobering examination of why diets fail. "People (four stars, critic's choice)"

[Kolata] punctuates her eight chapters with the voices of a cluster of dieters, [and] their stories add human consequence to the universal findings. "The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)"

A first-rate author . . . Readers who care about the searing obesity debate will want to read this book. "Houston Chronicle"

[Kolata's] report reveals well-documented intelligence certain to annoy those segments of society and commerce that stubbornly cling to the "ignis fatuus" that all one needs to be thin is willpower. "Booklist"

This book will make you think differently about obesity and perhaps make the obese think more realistically about themselves. "The Arizona Republic""

"Kolata lays out the case against the nation's multibillion-dollar weight-loss industry with compelling clarity." --The New York Sun

"An incisive, thought-provoking examination of a subject that concerns us all. This book will educate and illuminate those seeking solid information about the struggle to lose weight." --Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of How Doctors Think

"[Kolata] questions the current chest-beating in this sobering examination of why diets fail." --People (four stars, critic's choice)

"[Kolata] punctuates her eight chapters with the voices of a cluster of dieters, [and] their stories add human consequence to the universal findings." --The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

"A first-rate author . . . Readers who care about the searing obesity debate will want to read this book." --Houston Chronicle

"[Kolata's] report reveals well-documented intelligence certain to annoy those segments of society and commerce that stubbornly cling to the ignis fatuus that all one needs to be thin is willpower." --Booklist

"This book will make you think differently about obesity and perhaps make the obese think more realistically about themselves." --The Arizona Republic

About the Author

Gina Kolata is a science writer for The New York Times and the author of five previous books, including Ultimate Fitness and the national bestseller Flu. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0374103984
• ISBN 13: 9780374103989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 257