Synopsis
Diet gurus, weight loss centers, drugs, cookies, and thigh creams come under scrutiny in this combination of investigative journalism and social history of the diet culture.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-05-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 335 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
A reformed dieter and an ex-bulimic, Laura Fraser traces our fixation with thinness to the images that began appearing a hundred years ago in magazines like Ladies Home Journal and Cosmopolitan. Fraser chronicles the corresponding growth of a $50 billion a year industry that provides false hope in exchange for cash. In this meticulously researched journey through Dietland, Fraser gives the inside scoop on: Diet drugs, including the controversial phen/fen Diet gurus Richard Simmons, Susan Powter, and Dean Ornish Commercial weight loss centers, including Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers Weight-loss products like thigh creams and diet cookies Provocative, political, and personal, this revealing book is a remarkable work of investigative journalism and an enthralling, compelling story with almost universal relevance. The hardcover edition of Losing It received major television coverage, including appearances on "NBC Nightly News," the "Today" show, "Home and Family," and "Good Day New York." Excerpts of Losing It and related articles by Laura Fraser appeared in Mirabella, Vogue, Glamour, Fitness, Good Housekeeping, Self, Mademoiselle, and Health.
Provocative, political, and personal, this "tour through the darkest recesses of Dietland" ("The Washington Post") is a remarkable work of investigative journalism and an enthralling, compelling story.
Industry Reviews
"More than a self-help book, although it is certainly that, this is a highly nutritious meal for the brain and, by extension, the body."
Booklist - Mike Tribby (12/01/1996)
"A highly personal and spirited exposé of the diet culture by a journalist who has had ample experience with the pressures to be slender. A recovered bulimic, Fraser...has given up the pursuit of thinness and here urges other women to do likewise....A welcome message for many women."
Kirkus (10/15/1996)
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