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Book Reviews of Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories

Food and Loathing A Life Measured Out in Calories
Author: Betsy Lerner
ISBN: 13086
Pages: 290
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Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Book Type: Paperback
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7 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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
reviewed Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories on + 90 more book reviews
An excellent memoir of a young woman's lifelong battle with eating disorders and depression.
Dartha avatar reviewed Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories on + 102 more book reviews
Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Wasn't as good, either. However, my thoughts on my own weight fluctuations are that if people don't like how I look, they damn sure don't have to look at me...I have a hard time reconciling this societal need to use "addictions" as anything other than personal choices we as individuals choose to make. I like to eat, I eat -I don't like to exercise, I don't do it much. Therefore, at times in my life, I will be overweight.
Rotfl...I am probably the only member on PBS who will make the review section all about me....lol
Ahhhh, well. Read the book!
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.
reviewed Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories on + 21 more book reviews
An interesting account of one girl's experiences with eating disorders. It was entertaining. Would be a good book club read.
reviewed Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories on + 8 more book reviews
disappointing if you want to learn about food and how people think about food as a society. It is merely a memoir and a whiny one at that. ALthough I do agree that her shrink should be dis-whatever they do to undo a shrink.