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OverviewSpeaking to anyone who has ever stepped on to the scales and worried about their weight, Jenni Murray explores the relationship between psychology, science and size. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jenni MurrayPublisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Imprint: Black Swan Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.189kg ISBN: 9781784163969ISBN 10: 1784163961 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 02 September 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair. * The Times * I'd put this book into every school as a warning to girls - and boys - not to waste their lives obsessing over food. * Mail on Sunday * A perceptive look at health and happiness. * Sunday Express * Jenni has a light touch when writing about hers and others struggles with eating and bodies. She does it too with the science, so that agony and confusion is mixed with humour and hope. A beautiful book. * Susie Orbach * Laudably frank. * The Big Issue * Laudably frank. * The Big Issue * Jenni has a light touch when writing about hers and others struggles with eating and bodies. She does it too with the science, so that agony and confusion is mixed with humour and hope. A beautiful book. * Susie Orbach * A perceptive look at health and happiness. * Sunday Express * I'd put this book into every school as a warning to girls - and boys - not to waste their lives obsessing over food. * Mail on Sunday * A powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair. * The Times * Author InformationJenni Murray is a journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour from 1987 to 2020. She is the author of several books and writes a weekly column in the Daily Mail. She lives in north London and the New Forest. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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