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001 2012046542
003 DLC
005 20150128080459.0
008 130102s2013 nyu 000 0aeng
010 $a 2012046542
020 $a9780345541345 (hardback : acid-free paper)
020 $z9780345541352 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRJ399.C6$bW45 2013
082 00 $a618.92/398$223
084 $aBIO026000$aFAM032000$aHEA046000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWeiss, Dara-Lynn.
245 14 $aThe heavy :$ba mother, a daughter, a diet : a memoir /$cDara-Lynn Weiss.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBallantine Books,$c[2013]
300 $axi, 240 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"As lightning-rod writer Dara Weiss explains in The Heavy, the "mommy wars" were never more clear than over the issue of her 7-year-old daughter's weight. Some moms looked down on her for "letting" Bea get clinically obese. But that's nothing compared with the scorn others offered when Dara put Bea on a strict calorie-counting diet. Some said she was clearly seeding body image issues; many others suggested the pat, "healthier" food route. The Heavy shares Weiss's harrowing and haunting family journey through Bea's considerable weight loss (Bea is no longer considered overweight), while the scrutiny and commentary swirled around them"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aObesity in children$xDiet therapy.
650 0 $aWeight loss$vMiscellanea.
650 0 $aMothers and daughters$vMiscellanea.
600 10 $aWeiss, Dara-Lynn.
650 7 $aHEALTH & FITNESS / Children
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u978-0-345-54134-5.jpg