Anti-Diet Books

Sick of diet culture? Try these anti-diet and body-positive books for the New Year instead!

Updated January 2, 2024
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Anti-Diet Books

Sick of diet culture? Try these anti-diet and body-positive books for the New Year instead!

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Breaking free from body shame : dare to reclaim what God has named good
Connolly, Jess
Paper Book
You were made for more than a love/hate relationship with your body. It's one thing to know in your head that you were created in the image of God. Yet it's quite another to experience this belief in your body, against the cultural ideals of a woman's worth. And between the...
Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
Gay, Roxane
Paper Book
The New York Times Bestseller National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Lambda Literary Award winner From Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist, a memoir in weight about eating healthier, finding a tolerable form of exercise, and exploring what...
"You just need to lose weight" : and 19 other myths about fat people
Gordon, Aubrey
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN INDIE BESTSELLER "One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her."-Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast The co-host of the Maintenance Phase...
What we don't talk about when we talk about fat
Gordon, Aubrey
Paper Book
From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people. Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the...
Anti-diet : reclaim your time, money, well-being, and happiness through intuitive eating
Harrison, Christy
Paper Book
Reclaim your time, money, health, and happiness from our toxic diet culture with groundbreaking strategies from a registered dietitian, journalist, and host of the Food Psych podcast. 68 percent of Americans have dieted at some point in their lives. But upwards of 90% of...
Get a life, Chloe Brown : a novel
Hibbert, Talia
Paper Book
"Absolutely charming... a flawless balance of humor, heat, sweetness, and depth, and I loved every page." - Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Bride Test USA TODAY BESTSELLER A witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who's tired of...
Big yoga : a simple guide for bigger bodies
Kerr, Meera Patricia.
Paper Book
Winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Health Title If you think yoga is only for skinny young things, you need to think again. To expert Meera Patricia Kerr, yoga can and should be used by everyone--especially plus-size individuals. In her new book, Big...
The eating instinct : food culture, body image, and guilt in America
Sole-Smith, Virginia
Paper Book
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today's toxic food culture. Food is supposed to sustain and nourish us. Eating well, any doctor will tell you, is the best way to take care of yourself. Feeding well, any human will tell you, is the...
One to watch : a novel
Stayman-London, Kate
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Real love . . . as seen on TV. A plus-size bachelorette brings a fresh look to a reality show in this razor-sharp, "divinely witty" (Entertainment Weekly) debut. "Effortlessly fun and clever . . . I found the tension impeccable . ....
Fearing the black body : the racial origins of fat phobia
Strings, Sabrina
Paper Book
Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association How the...
Intuitive eating : a revolutionary anti-diet approach
Tribole, Evelyn
Paper Book
Make peace with food. Free yourself from chronic dieting forever. Rediscover the pleasures of eating. The go-to resource--now fully revised and updated--for building a healthy body image and making peace with food, once and for all.
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