Stephanie Losee, AlterNet. November 19, 2008. A new book from Valerie Frankel shows how the only lasting effect dieting has is on people's mind-sets about their bodies.
Stan Cox, Pluto Press. May 28, 2008. Our obsession with dieting, including the low-carb Atkins fad, may be good for our economy but it's a nightmare for the environment and our health.
Irene Rubaum-Keller, Huffington Post. May 18, 2008. We all come with internal "full" meters. But many Americans have been conditioned to ignore theirs.
David Usborne, The Independent UK. November 13, 2007. After years of anti-obesity public health advice, a major new study causes an outcry by concluding that the moderately overweight live longer.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 5, 2007. The Federal Trade Commission has asked the dairy industry to remove its "Milk Your Diet" ads after research failed to support claims that milk can help people lose weight.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. April 18, 2007. Thinness and beauty are prerequisites for perfection, which to today's young women appears to be the only road to happiness. Under that logic, women's bodies have become places where that drive for perfection -- however self-destructive -- gets played out.
Ariel M. Stallings, Sirens Magazine. November 1, 2006. Her efforts to drop pounds made her feel like she was dropping the ball on women's rights as well. Then the epiphany: What's wrong with wanting to be healthy and look hot?
