very eye-opening - "epidemic" created overnight without the country gaining a pound, just by changing the legal definition of "obese" from one arbitrary Body Mass Index, to a lower one.

I recommended it to a friend, and she had this to say:

"Just finished Fat Politics yesterday, and I really enjoyed it. It's certainly not perfect; there were many times when I would read his conclusions from research/studies and just shake my head. But there's a lot of good stuff in there, and I especially liked the history of 'why we hate fat.' It really affected me, as I've certainly been guilty of judging people based on weight. Thanks for the recommendation"