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4.43 AVERAGE
I couldn’t finish. I love the principle, but I just didn’t groove with the writing style. Maybe I’ll try again sometime.
A must read for everyone (even if you’re not a parent). Huge thanks to @mollfranbooks for the recommendation. I learned so much, and this will not only help with my own intuitive eating journey, but will help me be a better parent when it comes to food.
I’ll definitely be buying a physical copy so I can re-read and take notes!
I’ll definitely be buying a physical copy so I can re-read and take notes!
I did not finish this book. I love the premise and after listening to her interviewed, I was looking forward to this book, hoping for some practical discussion about raising kids with a healthy way of looking at their body. However, I couldn’t get past the first few chapters without feeling frustrated with how evidence was presented and the lack of context. For example, most public health orgs in the US have little or no regulatory capacity or authority, so expecting them to regulate the food industry without acknowledging the capitalistic way the US health care system works is not a useful argument. So while the studies and evidence she presented may be accurate, it’s lacking context and therefore her conclusions about the evidence seem shallow.
I’m disappointed because I agree with so much of her philosophy AND criticism of US culture in how we handle this topic. But there are ways to talk about this that you can back up with evidence (for example from a systems perspective, which many in this area of study do) that this book misses. I think this is crucial because as the author believes, there’s so much that parents cannot control so a discussion about how parents can navigate these systemic issues would be a great asset.
I’m disappointed because I agree with so much of her philosophy AND criticism of US culture in how we handle this topic. But there are ways to talk about this that you can back up with evidence (for example from a systems perspective, which many in this area of study do) that this book misses. I think this is crucial because as the author believes, there’s so much that parents cannot control so a discussion about how parents can navigate these systemic issues would be a great asset.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
What a great read! I loved the perspective on how fat is not a bad word. It doesn't mean so much in the grand scheme of things. I will be putting some of the tools it gave into practice. Another thing to navigate as a parent. Fatty talk is not so tough with this book.
So grateful for this deeply researched, critically important book.
Excellent, required reading
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Je savais que ce livre serait excellent, très bien documenté et globalement life-changing, mais je ne m'attendais pas à ce que ça me brise le coeur ! Mais bon, la grossophobie et les régimes qu'on impose aux enfants c'est vraiment dur. Je surligne des passages toutes les 2 secondes mais en voilà :
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Je savais que ce livre serait excellent, très bien documenté et globalement life-changing, mais je ne m'attendais pas à ce que ça me brise le coeur ! Mais bon, la grossophobie et les régimes qu'on impose aux enfants c'est vraiment dur. Je surligne des passages toutes les 2 secondes mais en voilà :
We don't have concrete data showing that a high body weight causes health problems like diabetes, heart disease, and asthma. This is, at best, a correlating relationship. And even when weight does appear to be a root cause of disease, there isn't much we can do about it because we have even less data to show that changing how you eat or exercice will change your weight in any safe or permanent way.
Incredible book. I think it's a parent "must read" but also if you work with kids or relate to them regularly this book is the reprogramming needed in the face of diet culture and almond mom's. As a women who grew up with a mother who taught her how to have an eating disorder, but thought that was normal, this book is education, data and application for how we teach our children to relate to food, but also how our culture relates to food in a really screwed up way. Fantastic research, well written
This is a really good, eye-opening book about the many misconceptions we as a society have about fat and health. It made me re-think a lot of things and I hope to be more conscious of anti-fat bias in my own life.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
This book was challenging in a good way. As a parent of an 8 year old and someone who struggled with an eating disorder for all of adolescence and some of early 20s, it was very useful. I didn't agree with every piece of advice, but already I have shifted some of my parenting around food away from control and towards trust. I found it pretty engaging, some information I already knew, some I didn't, and some frameworks I hadn't thought about as much (especially the part around picky eating. As a former picky eater I was big on making my kid eat different kinds of foods in an effort to raise a non-picky eater).
I feel like this book has helped me become a better parent and better ally to fat people and I'm grateful for it.
As always I listened on audiobook and I do sort of wish I had the last little section that was all practical tips in writing. Maybe I'll buy it at some point. Also I didn't love the narrator's voice (I think ready by the author?) which was a bummer, but whatever, I got over it.
I feel like this book has helped me become a better parent and better ally to fat people and I'm grateful for it.
As always I listened on audiobook and I do sort of wish I had the last little section that was all practical tips in writing. Maybe I'll buy it at some point. Also I didn't love the narrator's voice (I think ready by the author?) which was a bummer, but whatever, I got over it.