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BOOK PB Dieting Health Teenagers TEENAGE WAISTLAND
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Subject
- Health & Fitness
- ISBN
- 9781586484606
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1586484605
ISBN-13
9781586484606
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63725772
Product Key Features
Book Title
Teenage Waistland : A Former Fat Kid Weighs in on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Pediatrics, Parenting / General, General
Genre
Family & Relationships, Health & Fitness, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A thoughtful, provocative and valuable account of subject that is too often beset by prejudice and hysteria." -- Paul Campos, Professor, University of Colorado and author of The Diet Myth "Abby Ellin has written a necessary road map for parents and their children who struggle with eating issues." -- Betsy Lerner, author of Food and Loathing "Ellin's funny, intimate and unblinkingly honest book is sure to help parents and kids wrestling with this issue." -- Alissa Quart, author of Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers "Its straight-forward perspective challenges our current views about weight loss, body image, and the manipulative societal pressures on our children." -- Emme " Teenage Wasteland is not just about Ellin's personal experiences...It's about the emotional effects of the various solutions." -- Los Angeles Times , June 14, 2005 "Written with candor, curiosity, and compassion... [and]reflects our own grown-up and insecurities around body and beauty, health and happiness." -- Wendy Shanker, author of The Fat Girl's Guide to Life "[Ellin] addresses the situation from a psychological, medical, cultural, and most important, understanding standpoint." -- Gotham Magazine , August, 2005 "A unique, empathetic perspective on this issue [Ellin] writes with compassion and humor about the trials of overweight kids." -- Bookpage , August 2005 "An honest, grimly funny report from a world that's lost all sense of proportion about fat." -- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , June 6, 2005 "One part investigative journalism, one part self-help, and one part personal narrative, Waistland is intriguing...both eloquent and moving." -- The Boston Globe , September 18, 2005
Dewey Decimal
362.196/398/0092
Synopsis
We've been inundated lately with books and articles about childhood obesity. Most offer cultural critique or nutrition and exercise advice - in tones that are alternately appalled and patronizing. Few address the psychological, medical, cultural and developmental complexities affecting overweight kids. The truth is, many parents already know that Whoppers are fattening. What they don't know is how to effectively help an often discouraged, often reluctant kid on what will be a difficult, life-long journey. Abby Ellin, a journalist and former fat-camper whose parents' attempts to "save her" from fatness proved counterproductive, has had a lifelong interest in figuring out how they might have done it better, and an abiding compassion for overweight kids. In Teenage Waistland she shares the story of her own adolescent struggle with food and weight, and journeys with hope, skepticism, and humor through the landscape of today's diet culture. She visits camps and community programs, and talks to experts, kids and their parents, seeking to answer these questions: What can parents say that kids will hear? Why don't kids exercise more and eat less when they're dying to be thinner? What treatment methods actually work? Willpower, or surrender? Shame, or inspiration? Teenage Waistland is ultimately clarifying and provocative for anyone who's ever wrestled with weight issues. One size does not fit all when it comes to weight loss, and the better we understand that, the more likely we are to be able to help our kids., In this frank, compassionate, witty book, a former-fat-camper-turned-journalist investigates current approaches and attitudes toward weight loss to illuminate how they do and don't address the logistical, psychological, and emotional realities for overweight teens., Ellin's parents got it all wrong when it came to helping her lose weight -- but what would have been right? In this fresh, frank, funny look at childhood obesity and its treatment, she journeys through diet culture seeking a better way., We've been inundated lately with books and articles about childhood obesity. Most offer cultural critique or nutrition and exercise advice -- in tones that are alternately appalled and patronizing. Few address the psychological, medical, cultural and developmental complexities affecting overweight kids. The truth is, many parents already know that Whoppers are fattening. What they don't know is how to effectively help an often discouraged, often reluctant kid on what will be a difficult, life-long journey. Abby Ellin, a journalist and former fat-camper whose parents' attempts to "save her" from fatness proved counterproductive, has had a lifelong interest in figuring out how they might have done it better, and an abiding compassion for overweight kids. In Teenage Waistland she shares the story of her own adolescent struggle with food and weight, and journeys with hope, skepticism, and humor through the landscape of today's diet culture. She visits camps and community programs, and talks to experts, kids and their parents, seeking to answer these questions: What can parents say that kids will hear? Why don't kids exercise more and eat less when they're dying to be thinner? What treatment methods actually work? Willpower, or surrender? Shame, or inspiration? Teenage Waistland is ultimately clarifying and provocative for anyone who's ever wrestled with weight issues. One size does not fit all when it comes to weight loss, and the better we understand that, the more likely we are to be able to help our kids., In this frank, compassionate, witty book, a former fat camper turned journalist investigates current approaches to and attitudes toward weight loss to illuminate how they do and don't address the logistical, psychological, and emotional realities for overweight teens. She shares her own experiences, and offers provocative ideas about how parents and other can (and can't) help.
LC Classification Number
RJ399.C6
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