The heavy
Subtitle: a mother, a daughter, a diet--a memoir
By: Dara-Lynn Weiss
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780345541345
Subjects: Miscellanea; Obesity in children; Diet therapy; Weight loss; Mothers and daughters
Description: "As lightning-rod writer Dara Weiss explains in The Heavy, the "mommy wars" were never more clear than over the issue of her 7-year-old daughter's weight. Some moms looked down on her for "letting" Bea get clinically obese. But that's nothing compared with the scorn others offered when Dara put Bea on a strict calorie-counting diet. Some said she was clearly seeding body image issues; many others suggested the pat, "healthier" food route. The Heavy shares Weiss's harrowing and haunting family journey through Bea's considerable weight loss (Bea is no longer considered overweight), while the scrutiny and commentary swirled around them"--