Losing it : America's obsession with weight and the industry that feeds on it
America's never-ending quest for slimness bombards us from every television screen, drugstore aisle, and shopping mall. In this fast-paced and fascinating expose, veteran journalist Laura Fraser goes undercover to look at this country's obsession with being thin. Her meticulously researched journey through Dietland shows how the biggest hucksters since P.T. Barnum create and exploit our worries about weight
Print Book, English, ©1997
Dutton, New York, ©1997