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What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety by Cole Kazdin
27 reviews
aubreyfrogger's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Fatphobia and Infertility
steffilietzke's review
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
cassreading's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This was a great, nuanced exploration of diet culture and eating disorders, in all their inextricability. Kazdins own battle with anorexia and bulimia adds a personal touch that really makes this book Feel if you know what I mean.
I myself have never had an eating disorder, but I can see how someone with an ED could walk away from this book feeling really seen.
I myself have never had an eating disorder, but I can see how someone with an ED could walk away from this book feeling really seen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Infertility and Vomit
This book discusses bulimia, anorexia, and, to a lesser extent, binge eating disorder. Negative body image, calorie counts and weight goals are often mentioned. Narrator/author describes the "high" that comes with purging and restricting in detail.wagnermelissam's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
kateyoutka's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.25
This is an engaging memoir backed up by research, interviews and fact-based arguments. Any woman who reads this will see herself in it in some capacity, and it was especially poignant to read at the beginning of the year when everyone's making weight loss resolutions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
pillswor's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I didn't think I'd like this. I thought there was no way anyone would really understand my own personal struggle or be able to capture every aspect of it. Holy f*** did Cole do exactly that and more. I have never felt so seen, comforted, and inspired before. Read this book. Seriously. Even if you don't have an eating disorder. Read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness
kiwispeech's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
I absolutely loved this book and feel like it’s a must read for anyone, especially women and parents. My only complaint was that it was a lot more focused on eating disorders specifically than I had expected.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
jasmineehare's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Reading this book feels like an inoculation against diet culture and the constantly swirling body criticism we all swim in. I loved hearing the author reading her own story, it felt very personal. I wish everyone would read this book.
I appreciated when she acknowledged her own unconscious or conscious fatphobia, even though there were still moments when weight loss seemed to be framed as still desirable. But overall, this book felt extremely honest and I was fascinated by the newer understanding of the science of eating disorders, as well as the treatments. As a teacher of young girls, it makes me want to know what more I can do to prevent disordered eating before it begins.
I appreciated when she acknowledged her own unconscious or conscious fatphobia, even though there were still moments when weight loss seemed to be framed as still desirable. But overall, this book felt extremely honest and I was fascinated by the newer understanding of the science of eating disorders, as well as the treatments. As a teacher of young girls, it makes me want to know what more I can do to prevent disordered eating before it begins.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Eating disorder, and Vomit
pmhandley's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
A really informative look at diet culture and eating disorders and how dysfunctional treatment options are. It's astonishing how little research we have done on effective treatments, and the massive racial disparities in who gets diagnosed. I appreciate how the author vetted who to include in her book, because it turned out so many people treating eating disorder patients are also on the payroll of diet and exercise companies pushing unhealthy ideas around food. The fertility chapter near the end was interesting but felt a little out of place, like there were some strained ties to the rest of the diet culture theme but it felt more like the author just wanted to fertility journey in the book somewhere.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Eating disorder
Moderate: Infertility
ammanarie's review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Grief