Fat, So? - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845250125 ISBN 13: 9781845250126

Publisher: Think Books, 2006

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The western world has gone diet-mad. At any one time three quarters of women think they should lose weight, but yet, we diet more - and get fatter. Who is to blame? Touted skinny celebrities, unhealthy school dinners, our ancient ancestors? Susannah Jowitt says, "What the heck, let's blame all of them. And let's have a laugh while we're at it." By shining a merciless spotlight on the full panoply of diets from A-Z, "Fat So?" brings us some full fat, calorie free, comfort food in the form of some celebrity slimming stories, the where-are-they-nows of famous fat doctors and workout witches and, best of all, the news that men are joining us in the paranoia pen. Some dietetic discoveries, cultural differences and celebrity bashing include Miss Piggy's statistics (27-20-32), Byron's vigorous 'thinning campaign' consisting of hard biscuits, soda water and potato and present day star's 'nearly deadly' diets. The book doesn't flail in the face of people who want to loose weight and be healthy - quite the contrary (see The Sensible Chapter) - but it does say don't give yourself a hard time getting there. Laughing at yourself (and more satisfyingly, other people) helps.

Edition details

• Publisher: Think Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845250125
• ISBN 13: 9781845250126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256