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By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that fat is bad. By middle school, more than a quarter of them have gone on a diet. What are parents supposed to do?

Kids learn, as we've all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being thin, but even more about the consequences if they aren't. And multibillion-dollar industries thrive on this fear of fatness. We've fought the war on obesity for over forty years and Americans aren't thinner or happier with their bodies. But it's not our kidsor their weightwho need fixing.

In this illuminating narrative, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith exposes the daily onslaught of fatphobia and body shaming that kids face from school,

Fat Talk

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      Publisher Henry Holt & Company
      Published 25 April 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250831217
      978-1250831217
      ISBN-10 1250831210
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      Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues Age groups: children Sociology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
      A Book Riot best book of 2023
      A Science Friday best book of 2023
      An Audible best well-being audiobook of 2023

      By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that fat is bad. By middle school, more than a quarter of them have gone on a diet. What are parents supposed to do?

      Kids learn, as we've all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being thin, but even more about the consequences if they aren't. And multibillion-dollar industries thrive on this fear of fatness. We've fought the war on obesity for over forty years and Americans aren't thinner or happier with their bodies. But it's not our kidsor their weightwho need fixing.

      In this illuminating narrative, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith exposes the daily onslaught of fatphobia and body shaming that kids face from school,

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