Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting

by Mimi Nichter

Book Overview

They hate their thighs. They binge and purge. They want a perfect body. These are the American girls we've heard about in report after report - surveys telling us that half of all teen-aged girls are dieting at any given time, and suggesting that many of them are at risk for eating disorders. But what do these statistics really mean? how do girls think about their bodies, their appearance, their culture? In this book, the girls answer for themselves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674002296
• ISBN13: 9780674002296
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 9.5"

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.