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I'm, Like, SO Fat!: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World

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This book addresses the struggle in our society between the social pushes for weight loss, and the many driving forces backing our ever so evident obesity problem. The author writes in a casual manner displaying her experience as a mother herself, but supports her ideas well with research she has encountered on a professional front. Although the title is quite bold and may mislead some to believe the book to be a self-help guide to losing weight, it is not quite that, but rather on the contrary. The book interestingly explores the many apparent pulls in our surroundings encompassed by the broad topics of weight and self-image while not necessarily pushing for dieting as a means for dealing with weight issues. A must read for anyone interested in the prevalence of these topics and especially a good book for parents of teenagers.

Excellent photography on the back cover makes this book as relevant for boys as well as girls. Addresses a dominant issue in our society today. (In case you haven't guessed, I am the photographer).