Fat And Unhappy: How "Body Positivity" Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself)

by Tristan Justice, Gina Bontempo

Overview

More than seventy years after Americans dutifully embraced the low-fat diet in an era of industrialized food, a nation left fat, sick, and depressed three generations later are now desperately looking for answers to combat the twin epidemics of obesity and chronic disease. The contemporary phenomenon to promote "body positivity" under the banner of "health at every size," however, is another corporate-sponsored movement to accept obesity and chronic illness as the new norm while fundamentally transforming our healthcare system into a sick care system. Big Food and Big Pharma have accomplished what Big Tobacco tried but failed: hook generations of consumers on biochemically addictive products and discredit the consequences. Everybody knows smoking kills. Few understand that cereal will too. The modern message of "body positivity" is an emotionally tempting doctrine to a public rightly frustrated by the guidance of the so-called "experts," but in reality, it remains a trojan horse for the food and medical industries to prey on the physical insecurities and emotional turbulence of lifelong customers.

"Obesity and chronic disease are destroying the country! The healthy at any size/body positivity movements are manufactured by industry to support continued corporate profiteering off of our profoundly sick society! Tristan Justice and Gina Bontempo's new book on the topic reveal this in gritty detail. It is an eye opening and enjoyable read that should be shared widely!" -Dr. Shawn Baker

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798888456040
Publisher:	Bombardier Book
Publication date:	11/18/2024
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Tristan Justice is a reporter at the Federalist covering health, politics, and culture for five years and is the author of the wellness Substack newsletter Social Justice Redux. His work has been published in Real Clear Politics, the Washington Examiner, the Spectator, and the Daily Signal. Tristan graduated from George Washington University, where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. He recently received his certification to teach yoga.

Gina Bontempo is a writer who previously worked as Fitness Editor for POPSUGAR. She also has written for Bustle, Teen Vogue, and Evie Magazine. Since 2013, she has been a health and wellness coach, helping thousands of women lose weight and improve their quality of life. She hosts a podcast called The Shift with Gina and has a women’s health group called The Shift. Gina graduated from Emory University with a bachelor of arts in religious studies and from Harvard University with a master of theological studies. She lives in middle Tennessee with her husband and two children.