Shape Were In: How Junk Food & Diets are Shortening Our Lives by Sarah Boseley

74 in stock

215mm x 134mm x 23mm

Pages: 304

This demonization of the overweight by the media and politicians is unrelenting.
Sarah Boseley, the Guardians award-winning health editor, argues its time we understood the complex reality of what makes us fat.
Speaking to behavioral scientists and industry experts, yo-yo dieters and people who have gone under the knife, Boseley builds a picture of an obesogenic society - one where were constantly bombarded by the twin evils of big budget food marketing and the diet industry.
Filled with in-depth, original reporting, Boseley reveals just how widespread the problem is - 1 in 4 of us are obese - and makes the case that it is time to fundamentally change the way we live.
The Shape Were In is essential reading for anyone interested in their health and the health of their children.