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Sick of diet culture? Try these anti-diet and body-positive books for the New Year instead!
Updated December 29, 2023
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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...
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While we were dating
Guillory, Jasmine
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! One of TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Reads of 2021! Two people realize that it's no longer an act when they veer off-script in this sizzling romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory....
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Get a life, Chloe Brown : a novel
Hibbert, Talia
Paper Book
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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 Yoga,...
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More than a body : your body is an instrument, not an ornament
Kite, Lexie
Paper Book
"An indispensable resource for women of all ages, this is a guide to help us better connect to ourselves, to value ourselves, to love ourselves, and ultimately, to be ourselves." --Chelsea Clinton Positive body image isn't believing your body looks good; it is...
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Yoga XXL : a journey to health for bigger people
Kollak, Ingrid
Paper Book
Yoga XXL shows you how to create a safe, enjoyable, and effective yoga practice no matter what your age, size, shape, or physical fitness level. Yoga is not just for the lean and limber. With modified postures and props, everyone can experience yoga's many health benefits including...
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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...
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Fat talk : parenting in the age of diet culture
Sole-Smith, Virginia
Paper Book
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...
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Every body yoga : let go of fear, get on the mat, love your body
Stanley, Jessamyn
Paper Book
From the unforgettable teacher Jessamyn Stanley comes Every Body Yoga, a book that breaks all the stereotypes. It's a book of inspiration for beginners of all shapes and sizes: If Jessamyn could transcend these emotional and physical barriers, so can we. It's a book for readers already doing yoga,...
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Yoke : my yoga of self-acceptance
Stanley, Jessamyn
Paper Book
Finding self-acceptance both on and off the mat. In Sanskrit, yoga means to "yoke." To yoke mind and body, movement and breath, light and dark, the good and the bad. This larger idea of "yoke" is what Jessamyn Stanley calls the yoga of the everyday--a yoga that is not just about perfecting your...
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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 . ....
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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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