A provocative exposé of America's self-defeating war on obesity challenges conventional wisdom regarding the cultural, medical, and political meaning of weight, arguing against the myth that falsely equates thinness with health and explaining why dieting is bad for the health, how the media misinform the public, and the link between racial and body-based prejudice. 35,000 first printing.

A thought-provoking look at the American diet offers an in-depth study of the social, political, cultural, economic, and nutritional factors that have made Americans the victims of an epidemic of obesity. Reprint.

An expose of those who exploit America's overweight through ineffective weight loss regimens and diet fads shows how myths of metabolism and 'lite' foods have exacerbated the problem and offers sensible information on healthy weight loss. Reprint.