FAT TALK

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Fearless and game changing Emily Oster Hard recommend Pandora Sykes A must read Aubrey Gordon Essential Laura Thomas PhD Revolutionary Bethany Rutter Pivotal Anita Bhagwandas Change the way you talk about food weight and self worth forever We live in a world designed to make us hate our bodies By the time children start school most have learned that fat is bad As they get older many pursue thinness to survive in a society that ties their value to their size Parents worry both about the risks of their kids fixating on unrealistic beauty standards and about them becoming fat Meanwhile multibillion dollar industries thrive on our insecurities and the medical system pushes weight loss at almost any cost Talking to researchers doctors and activists as well as parents and young people Virginia Sole Smith lays bare how diet culture has perpetuated a crisis of disordered eating and body hatred She exposes our internalised fatphobia and shows why we need to let go of shame and start supporting young people in the bodies they have Fat Talk is a stirring deeply researched and ground breaking book that will transform the conversation about health and size Praise for Virginia Sole Smith Sole Smi