Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting

by Mimi Nichter

Book Overview

Teen-aged girls hate their bodies and diet obsessively, or so we hear. News stories and reports of survey research often claim that as many as three girls in five are on a diet at any given time, and they grimly suggest that many are "at risk" for eating disorders. But how much can we believe these frightening stories? What do teenagers mean when they say they are dieting?

Anthropologist Mimi Nichter spent three years interviewing middle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067400681X
• ISBN13: 9780674006812
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An accessible book on an important topic.

This well written book is the perfect follow up for those who want to know more about what adolescent girls really think about their bodies. An important work for parents, educators and anyone close to a teen. Also recommended: Mary Pipher's _Reviving Ophelia_. And the best thing of all? TALK to the girls in your life, and improve your own self-image.