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Food and Loathing : A Life Measured Out in Calories
Food and Loathing A Life Measured Out in Calories
Author: Betsy Lerner
With warmth, wit, and not a trace of self-pity" (Entertainment Weekly), Betsy Lerner details her twenty-year struggle with depression and compulsive eating in Food and Loathing, a book that dares to expose the insidious nature of women's secret life with food. "Alternating between hilarious and heartbreaking" (People), F...  more » gives voice to one of the last taboo subjects and greatest stigmas of our time: being overweight. Lerner's revelations on the cult of thinness -- from the dreaded weigh-in at junior high gym class to the effects of inhaling Pepperidge Farm Goldfish at Olympic speeds -- are universally resonant, as is her belief that this is one battle no one should fight alone. Essential reading for anyone who has ever wielded a fork in despair or calculated her self-worth on the morning scale, "Lerner's lament is a triumph" (Publishers Weekly).
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ISBN-13: 9780743255509
ISBN-10: 074325550X
Publication Date: 2/17/2004
Pages: 320
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3.4 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Paperback
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 vickinb avatar reviewed Food and Loathing : A Life Measured Out in Calories on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
For the emotional dieter, the yo-yo dieter, or the overeater, this is the worst possible book you could read. It totally depresses you.
reviewed Food and Loathing : A Life Measured Out in Calories on + 27 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this book and read it very fast, couldnt put it down! very insightful on food addiction and binging
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 skywaywaver avatar reviewed Food and Loathing : A Life Measured Out in Calories on + 148 more book reviews
Excellent book detailing an often overlooked eating disorder. However, Lerner doesn't seem to really reveal and/or discover what was behind her problem.
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An excellent memoir of a young woman's lifelong battle with eating disorders and depression.
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An interesting account of one girl's experiences with eating disorders. It was entertaining. Would be a good book club read.


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