Rethinking Thin

2008-04-29 Health & Fitness

Author : Gina Kolata
Release : 2008-04-29
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 652/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Rethinking Thin written by Gina Kolata. This book was released on 2008-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eye-opening book, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting and weight loss is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Rethinking Thin is at once an account of the place of diets in American society and a provocative critique of the weight-loss industry. Kolata's account of four determined dieters' progress through a study comparing the Atkins diet to a conventional low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, and of politics and power. Rethinking Thin asks whether words like willpower are really applicable when it comes to eating and body weight. It dramatizes what it feels like to spend a lifetime struggling with one's weight and fantasizing about finally, at long last, getting thin. It tells the little-known story of the science of obesity and the history of diets and dieting—scientific and social phenomena that made some people rich and thin and left others fat and miserable. And it offers commonsense answers to questions about weight, eating habits, and obesity—giving us a better understanding of the weight that is right for our bodies.

Rethinking Thin

2007 Health & Fitness

Author : Gina Bari Kolata
Release : 2007
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 984/5 ( reviews)

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Think Thin, Be Thin

2004-12-28 Health & Fitness

Author : Doris Wild Helmering
Release : 2004-12-28
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 260/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Think Thin, Be Thin written by Doris Wild Helmering. This book was released on 2004-12-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve been struggling with your weight, you know how hard it can be to lose those extra pounds and keep them off. In the groundbreaking Think Thin, Be Thin, nationally prominent psychotherapist Doris Wild Helmering and award-winning health writer Dianne Hales assert that the true key to a healthy body weight is a healthy attitude toward food and exercise. Their logic is simple: Your brain ultimately controls what you eat and whether you work out. If you change the way you think, you can change the way you behave. And you can lose weight. Using proven psychological strategies and scientifically based exercises, you will learn how to harness your thoughts to transform your behavior, body, and life. With practical advice on such troublesome issues as curbing emotional eating, motivating yourself to exercise, and overcoming diet plateaus, this book is the ideal complement to any diet and weight-loss program.

Think Yourself Thin

2018-09-25 Health & Fitness

Author : JJ Smith
Release : 2018-09-25
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 141/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Think Yourself Thin written by JJ Smith. This book was released on 2018-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse returns with this revolutionary guidebook filled with the crucial mental strategies that will provide the missing piece in your weight loss journey once and for all. After helping dieters lose over two-million pounds in two years, JJ Smith realized the most important, yet most overlooked, factor for permanent weight loss is mental mastery. In Think Yourself Thin, Smith helps you uncover the root of your struggle and address the spiritual or emotional issues tied to your eating behavior. By applying the strategies outlined in this book, you will have the tools you need to take control of your weight, and thus your health, and experience the joy of having your dream body. Divided into four parts, Smith’s book uncovers the five psychological stages required to lose weight and keep it off. Smith also introduces the all-new SUCCESS System detailing the mental habits and approaches necessary for permanent weight loss. Filled with inspiring, motivational success stories and user-friendly principles that provide the guidance you need to eat in a manner that helps the body burn fat and lose weight, Think Yourself Thin makes long-term weight loss a reality by starting with what matters most.

Skinny Revisited

2011 Aesthetics

Author : Maria Baratta
Release : 2011
Genre : Aesthetics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 078/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Skinny Revisited written by Maria Baratta. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the publisher. Skinny Revisited: Rethinking Anorexia Nervosa and Its Treatment offers a thorough overview and etiological explanation of anorexia as an eating disorder. Writing from a feminist sociobehavioral perspective, Maria Baratta forges a powerful argument about the role that our culture at large plays in creating the environment for disordered eating among women. Women are constantly bombarded with messages from the media to value ''skinny'' and to strive for thinness, no matter how great the dangers. Despite its seriousness, anorexia can be treated, and Baratta presents a successful treatment model that teaches how to engage an anorexic in such a way as to encourage eating. On the basis of 28 years of clinical practice, the author provides clinical cases that demonstrate the use of the ''language of the anorexic'' as a treatment intervention. Finally, the book explains how to create an individualized, healthy eating plan as opposed to following a diet designed to be applicable to anyone struggling with an eating disorder. For anyone with a professional, academic, or personal interest in anorexia nervosa, Skinny Revisited is a tremendous resource.

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