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

by Gina Kolata

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A New York Times Book Review Editors'' ChoiceIn this eye-opening report, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society''s obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and im... Read more

A New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice

In this eye-opening report, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society''s obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Kolata''s account of four determined dieters in a study comparing the Atkins diet to a low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, and of the place of diets in American society. Brimming with anecdote, scientific data, and common sense, Rethinking Thin offers a challenge to the conventional wisdom about diets and weight loss.

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File size8.5 X 5.5 X 0.6 in
Print pages272
PublisherPicador
Publication date April 29, 2008
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780312427856
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Gina Kolata
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Gina Kolata is a science reporter for The New York Times and the author of Clone: The Road to Dolly and Sex in America. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey....

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