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Fat Cow, Fat Chance
- The science and psychology of size
Engelsk Paperback
Fat Cow, Fat Chance
- The science and psychology of size
Engelsk Paperback

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''A powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair.'' The Times

''A moving, brutally honest memoir about what it feels like to be fat-shamed.'' Mail on Sunday
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At sixty-four, Jenni Murray''s weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy. She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-worthy performance. In private she lived with a growing sense of fear and misery that her weight would probably kill her before she made it to seventy.

Interwoven with the science, social history and psychology of weight management, Fat Cow, Fat Chance is a refreshingly honest account of what it''s like to be fat when society dictates that skinny is the norm. It asks why we overeat and why, when the weight is finally lost through dieting, do we simply pile the pounds back on again? How do we help young people become comfortable with the way they look? What are the consequences of the obesity epidemic for an already overstretched NHS? And, whilst fat shaming is so often called out, why is it that shouting ''fat cow'' at a woman in the street hasn''t been included in the list of hate crimes?

Fusing politics, science and personal pain, this is a powerful exploration of our battle with obesity.
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''Agony and confusion, humour and hope. A beautiful book.'' Susie Orbach, author of Fat is a Feminist Issue

''A perceptive look at health and happiness.'' Sunday Express

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781784163969
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1784163961
Udg. Dato:
2 sep 2021
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
130mm
Forlag:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
2 sep 2021
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