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Body of truth : how science, history, and culture drive our obsession with weight--and what we can do about it

Brown, Harriet

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Summary: "Over the last 25 years, our longing for thinness has morphed into a relentless cultural obsession with weight and body image. You can't be a woman or girl (or, increasingly, a man or boy) in America today and not grapple with the size and shape of your body, your daughter's body, other women's bodies. Even the most confident people have to find a way through a daily gauntlet of voices and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lifelong Books/Da Capo Press 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 BRO

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