Body of Truth

How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It

• Author(s): Harriet Brown,
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Pages: 304
• ISBN_10: 0738217697
  ISBN_13: 9780738217697
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders , Social Science / Women's Studies , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues ,

Description:... A science journalist's provocative exploration of how biology, psychology, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies, while also tackling the myths and realities of the "obesity epidemic."