Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Sole-Smith, Virginia
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Sole-Smith, Virginia

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that "fat" is bad. By middle school, more...
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Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Sole-Smith, Virginia

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

$45.28
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Sole-Smith, Virginia

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

$45.28
Author: Virginia Sole-Smith
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that "fat" is bad. By middle school, more than a quarter of them have gone on a diet. What are parents supposed to do?

Kids learn, as we've all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being thin, but even more about the consequences if they aren't. And multibillion-dollar industries thrive on this fear of fatness. We've fought the "war on obesity" for over forty years and Americans aren't thinner or happier with their bodies. But it's not our kids--or their weight--who need fixing.

In this illuminating narrative, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith exposes the daily onslaught of fatphobia and body shaming that kids face from school, sports, doctors, diet culture, and parents themselves--and offers strategies for how families can change the conversation around weight, health, and self-worth.

Fat Talk is a stirring, deeply researched, and groundbreaking book that will help parents learn to reckon with their own body biases, identify diet culture, and empower their kids to navigate this challenging landscape. Sole-Smith draws on her extensive reporting and interviews with dozens of parents and kids to offer a provocative new approach for thinking about food and bodies, and a way for us all to work toward a more weight-inclusive world.

Author: Virginia Sole-Smith
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: 12/10/2024
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781250892508

About the Author
Virginia Sole-Smith is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Slate, and Elle. She is the author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America and also writes the Burnt Toast newsletter. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband, two daughters, a cat, a dog, and way too many houseplants.
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