Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss---And the Myths and Realities of Dieting » (First Edition, First Edition)

Gina Kolata is a senior writer who covers medicine for The New York Times, and the author of five previous books, including Ultimate Fitness and the national bestseller Flu. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

In this eye-opening audiobook, "New York Times" science writer Kolata shows that societys obsession with dieting and weight loss is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Unabridged. 8 CDs.

— The New York Times - Emily Bazelon

Here [Kolata s] argument is eminently sensible: Sure, shape up your body. But mostly, make your peace with it.

Prologue     3
Looking for Diets in All the Wrong Places     9
Epiphanies and Hucksters     31
One Month     61
Oh, to Be as Thin as Jennifer Aniston (or Brad Pitt)     65
Two Months     81
A Voice in the Wilderness     85
Three Months     101
A Drive to Eat     107
Five Months     127
Insatiable, Voracious Appetites     131
Six Months     153
The Girl Who Had No Leptin     157
Ten Months     183
The Fat Wars     187
Two Years     213
Epilogue     219
Notes     225
Acknowledgments     245
Index     247