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Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body

by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby

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From the leading bloggers in the fat-acceptance movement comes an empowering guide to body image no matter what the scales say.

When it comes to body image, women can be their own worst enemies, aided and abetted by society and the media. But Harding and Kirby, the leading bloggers in the afatosphere, an online community of the fat acceptance movement, have written a book to help readers achieve admiration for or at least a truce with their bodies. The authors believe in health at every size and the idea that weight does not necessarily determine well-being and that exercise and eating healthfully are beneficial, regardless of whether they cause weight loss. They point to errors in the media, misunderstood and ignored research, as well as stories from real women around the world to underscore their message. In the up-front and honest style that has become the trademark of their blogs, they share with readers twenty-seven ways to reframe notions of dieting and weight, including: accepting that diets do not work, practicing intuitive eating, finding body-positive doctors, not judging other women, and finding a hobby that has nothing to do with one's weight.

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From the leading bloggers in the fat-acceptance movement comes an empowering guide to body image--no matter what the scales say.

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AngelaP, January 13, 2010 (view all comments by AngelaP)
I see that many commenters have labeled PeterPiper's review as "not helpful". I would challenge those people to visit Marianne Kirby's blog, The Rotund, and check out the photos she posted on July 28, 2009. The woman in those photos is *not* the picture of health!

Also, she is very cagey about her weight. She will admit to weighing over 300 pounds, but won't get any more specific than that. That makes me think her "size acceptance" act is all a sham.

If one of the authors of LFTF won't even admit to her weight, what does that say about the book and the fat acceptance movement as a whole?
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colleendave, December 31, 2009 (view all comments by colleendave)
This book promotes a defeatist attitude, and neglects personal responsbility.

With little medical evidence, the authors suggest morbid obesity is out of most people's control.

America is the most obese country in the world. Travel to Europe and it is clearly obvious, as you don't see the obesity as in the USA. Have our genetics changed so rapidly? No.

What has changed is portion size, lack of physical activity, poor choices, etc.

While it does attempt to offer support in terms of self image, it seems to offer excuses to the morbidly obese. Suggesting being 300 lbs can be 'healthy' is short sighted. Unfortunately, health will change over time and the probability is that this obesity will ultimately take it's toll on the body.

This book, likewise, will ultimately take a toll on readers who accept these ideas.


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PeterPiper, December 16, 2009 (view all comments by PeterPiper)
If you think the "lifestyle" promoted in this book is a good idea, check out the photos of Marianne Kirby at her blog.

She is clearly way into the morbidly obese category, yet she says she's healthy. I just don't understand how a person can have a status labeled as "morbidly" and still think they're healthy. I don't need to look up the clinical definition of "morbidly obese" to figure out that it's a big (no pun intended) problem.

Do you still want to learn lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere?

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780399534973
Subtitle:
Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body
Author:
Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby
Author:
Harding, Kate
Author:
Kirby, Marianne
Publisher:
Perigee Books
Subject:
Personal Growth - Self-Esteem
Subject:
Mind and body
Subject:
Physical fitness
Subject:
Weight Loss
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
Women's Health - General
Copyright:
Publication Date:
May 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
252
Dimensions:
7.60x5.16x.72 in. .44 lbs.
Age Level:
18-17

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