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The Hungry Years : Confessions of a Food Addict
The Hungry Years Confessions of a Food Addict
Author: William Leith
Combining the revealing cultural commentary of Fast Food Nation with the visceral insights of A Million Little Pieces, this is the story of a journalist’s struggle with weight, and an unflinching look at our own culture of fat and thin. "I thought: if I can understand the despair, my own and everybody’s else’s,...  more » While on assignment to interview Dr. Robert Atkins, journalist William Leith realized that he could not report on diet alone; he wanted desperately to develop a deeper understanding of his relationship with food and the pathological cravings that led him (and millions of others) to become dangerously overweight. His Atkins interview led him to probe not only the link between carbohydrates and addiction, but also how our relationship with food has changed over the last few decades in light of economic, technological, and cultural changes in the world, as well as our cultural obsession with our bodies. Combining the science of food addiction with memoir, humor, and sociological insights, The Hungry Years is a book that will force us to look at our culture of consumption in a new way.
ISBN-13: 9781592401550
ISBN-10: 1592401554
Publication Date: 9/22/2005
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Gotham
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I felt for the main character. Great memoir of losing weight, gaining it, losing it, and somehow losing yourself along the way.
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Very good memoir of food addiction, fattist attitides and a satirical take on weight loss.


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