Restrained Eating + Emotional Eatingīacon’s primary thesis about eating patterns seems to be that people fall mostly into one of two camps about how they eat: See my posts about my weight struggles and resolution struggles. Note: I know I raise/frame several points in this summary in a negative light, I overall think this is a good, but challenging book. Society’s problem about weight is the problem.” Or as Bacon says on page 190: “y weight is not a problem. I agree that as a society, we should be more accepting that health is the most important thing, not a particular weight, BMI number, etc. (This is the first ~160 pages of the book.) For me, the material was repetitive. I am going to skip a discussion of the nutrition, diet, and exercise-related advice in the book. These are all good thoughts and generally aligned with other reading on nutrition and health that I have done. The basic premise of the book is that dieting does not work (not a shock) and that instead, one should focus on finding health at your current weight. My review is of the 2010 “revised and updated” (aka second edition) as read on the Kindle. This is a review of the book “ Health at Every Size” (HAES) by Linda Bacon.
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