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The Diet Myth began as a cover story in The New Republic, drawing one of the largest reader responses in that magazine's history. Like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, The Diet Myth is a real paradigm-busting read that challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the medical, political, and cultural meaning of weight.
Obesity is a major health crisis, according to our government. After years of scrutinizing medical studies and interviewing leading doctors and scientists, Paul Campos is ready to lead the backlash against weight hysteria, proving that those extra pounds are not so bad for us after all. In this groundbreaking book, Paul Campos brings a rational new voice to America's weight debate.
Praise for The Diet Myth
"This is one helluva challenge to the cherished 'facts.' Read it and weep for the profits made by the diet and pharmaceutical industries and for the emotional anguish that affects so many people."
- Susie Orbach, psychotherapist and author of Fat is a Feminist Issue
"Provocative and compulsively readable ... Campos deserves a great deal of credit ... for injecting a dose of sanity into what he rightly characterizes as a public health 'hysteria."
- Jason Sholl, Boston Sunday Globe
"With great skill and penetrating insight Campos details how fat prejudice underlies and interconnects with some of the most troublesome issues of our time including poverty; rampant materialism; and thnic, racial, and class oppression.... This book is essential reading for anyone in the business of helping people with weight and eating-related concerns."
- Jon Robinson, Ph.D., M.S.; assistant professor, Michigan State University
"Professor Campos provides a provocative view on the public health issue of obesity. He deftly pinpoints weknesses in existing data and the interpretation of this information, and places the focus where it should be - eating a healthful diet and being physically active. If more people followed this advice, the public's health would be well served."
- Steven N. Blair, president and CEO, Cooper Institute
Praise for The Diet Myth
"This is one helluva challenge to the cherished 'facts.' Read it and weep for the profits made by the diet and pharmaceutical industries and for the emotional anguish that affects so many people."
- Susie Orbach, psychotherapist and author of Fat is a Feminist Issue
"Provocative and compulsively readable ... Campos deserves a great deal of credit ... for injecting a dose of sanity into what he rightly characterizes as a public health 'hysteria."
- Jason Sholl, Boston Sunday Globe
"With great skill and penetrating insight Campos details how fat prejudice underlies and interconnects with some of the most troublesome issues of our time including poverty; rampant materialism; and thnic, racial, and class oppression.... This book is essential reading for anyone in the business of helping people with weight and eating-related concerns."
- Jon Robinson, Ph.D., M.S.; assistant professor, Michigan State University
"Professor Campos provides a provocative view on the public health issue of obesity. He deftly pinpoints weknesses in existing data and the interpretation of this information, and places the focus where it should be - eating a healthful diet and being physically active. If more people followed this advice, the public's health would be well served."
- Steven N. Blair, president and CEO, Cooper Institute
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| Author | Paul Campos |
|---|---|
| Pages | 260 |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| ISBN | No |
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