Fat talk : parenting in the age of diet culture / Virginia Sole-Smith.
"By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids have learned that "fat" is bad. As they get older, kids learn to pursue thinness in order to survive in a world that ties our body size to our value. Multibillion-dollar industries thrive on consumers believing that we don't want to be fat. Our weight-centric medical system pushes "weight loss" as a prescription, while ignoring social determinants of health and reinforcing negative stereotypes about the motives and morals of people in larger bodies. And parents today, having themselves grown up in the confusion of modern diet culture, worry equally about the risks of our kids caring too much about being "thin" and about what happens if our kids are fat. Sole-Smith shows how the reverberations of this messaging and social pressures on young bodies continue well into adulthood-and what we can do to fight them. Fat Talk argues for a reclaiming of "fat," which is not synonymous with "unhealthy," "inactive," or "lazy." Talking to researchers and activists, as well as parents and kids across a broad swath of the country, Sole-Smith lays bare how America's focus on solving the "childhood obesity epidemic" has perpetuated a second crisis of disordered eating and body hatred for kids of all sizes. She exposes our society's internalized fatphobia and elucidates how and why we need to stop "preventing obesity" and start supporting kids in the bodies they have. Continuing conversations started by works like Girls & Sex, Under Pressure, and Essential Labor, Fat Talk is a stirring, deeply researched, and groundbreaking book that will help parents learn to reckon with their own body biases, identify diet culture messaging, and ultimately empower their kids to navigate this challenging landscape. Sole-Smith offers an alternative framework for parenting around food and bodies, and a way for us all to work toward a more weight-inclusive world-because it's not our kids, or their bodies, who need fixing"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250831217
- ISBN: 1250831210
- Physical Description: xxvii, 353 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-341) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Body image in children. Obesity in children. Weight loss > Social aspects. Body dysmorphic disorder. Self-esteem in children. Eating disorders. Parent and child. |
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Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | FPC 155.4182 SOL (Text) | 37268003175569 | AHMFL Family Place | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | 155.418 SOL (Text) | 33240005164465 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Annie Halenbake Ross Library | 155.4182 Sol (Text)
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Highland Community Library | 155.4182 SOL (Text) | 35610001016422 | HGHM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | 155.4 Sole-Smith Relationships (Text) | 39427103735742 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 05/03/2024 |
Kaltreider-Benfer Library | Adults 155.4 SOL Nonfiction (Text) | 34002001610886 | Adult Area New | Available | - |
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | PT 616.398 SOL 2023 (Text) | 31001101887843 | Parenting Collection | Available | - |
New Castle Public Library | 155.418 Sole-Smith (Text) | 31902005516281 | NWCM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
"By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids have learned that "fat" is bad. As they get older, kids learn to pursue thinness in order to survive in a world that ties our body size to our value. Multibillion-dollar industries thrive on consumers believing that we don't want to be fat. Our weight-centric medical system pushes "weight loss" as a prescription, while ignoring social determinants of health and reinforcing negative stereotypes about the motives and morals of people in larger bodies. And parents today, having themselves grown up in the confusion of modern diet culture, worry equally about the risks of our kids caring too much about being "thin" and about what happens if our kids are fat. Sole-Smith shows how the reverberations of this messaging and social pressures on young bodies continue well into adulthood-and what we can do to fight them. Fat Talk argues for a reclaiming of "fat," which is not synonymous with "unhealthy," "inactive," or "lazy." Talking to researchers and activists, as well as parents and kids across a broad swath of the country, Sole-Smith lays bare how America's focus on solving the "childhood obesity epidemic" has perpetuated a second crisis of disordered eating and body hatred for kids of all sizes. She exposes our society's internalized fatphobia and elucidates how and why we need to stop "preventing obesity" and start supporting kids in the bodies they have. Continuing conversations started by works like Girls & Sex, Under Pressure, and Essential Labor, Fat Talk is a stirring, deeply researched, and groundbreaking book that will help parents learn to reckon with their own body biases, identify diet culture messaging, and ultimately empower their kids to navigate this challenging landscape. Sole-Smith offers an alternative framework for parenting around food and bodies, and a way for us all to work toward a more weight-inclusive world-because it's not our kids, or their bodies, who need fixing"--