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

from rbaech

This book is intriguing, rigorously researched, and maintains a beautiful balance between objectivity and personal voice. This book can teach a reader a great deal about the paradoxical science of obesity.

from Daniel.Estes

Every now and then I come across a book that reminds me of why I read non-fiction. A book that takes one of my many seemingly unshakable worldviews and flips it on its head. Rethinking Thin is one of those books. I began Rethinking Thin expecting the material would argue against the endless chain...

from Eye_Gee

I picked this book up at the $1 store, read it, and liked it so much I went back and bought three more copies to give away. It's a very well-written book that covers the theories and practices of dieting beginning in the 1800's and continuing through to 2007. The latest information summarizes a l...

from OliviainNJ

Kolata's book is one of the best I've read on the issue of weight and weight control. She surveys western attitudes on weight over the last few hundred years, demonstrating how body ideals for men and women have gotten tinier and tinier, while showing that even "new" diets (suck as Atkins) were a...

from montano

A comprehensive look at all of the contradictory advice on weight loss. The author is a journalist, not a scientist but she has covered the health/diet beat for many years. When all the evidence is compiled, it makes a person just want to be satisfied with whatever weight they are right now and n...