From actresses and models to CEOs, housewives, teachers and moms, body obsession is eating away at women's souls and causing anxiety from middle school to mid-life. It's our one common denominator as females, says Dr. Linda Mintle, celebrity or not. And the cultural whiplash to be thin ?but not too thin? has left many victims in its path, including the author . . . until she learned what it took to stop the obsessive cycle. Her experiences, which she shares in this book?some of them hilarious and some of them poignant?affirm that we don?t have to carry this anxiety with us from womb to tomb. But giving up the baggage, she says, involves getting a grip on who we are, what we believe and why we care so much about our looks. This book, from one of the nation's leading authorities on eating disorders, will be your friend and guide.
