This is Big - How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me)

Informationen zum Autor Marisa Meltzer is a journalist based in New York who writes the 'Me Time' column for The New York Times Style section and has contributed to The New Yorker , The Guardian , Vanity Fair , and Vogue among numerous other major national publications. The author of two previous books, How Sassy Changed My Life and Girl Power , she lives in Brooklyn, NY and was born in Northern California. Klappentext 'A life-changing book' Viv Groskop Marisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food. Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant. Taking everything she learned from this experience, in 1963 she founded Weight Watchers, a company that has shaped decades of diet culture. When Marisa reads Jean's obituary, she feels a moment of intense connection. Curious about the woman and her legacy, she signs up for a year of Weight Watchers; counting points, weighing in and listening to her fellow members struggle with their bodies. This is Big is a biography of an idiosyncratic entrepreneur whose impact is still felt strongly today. It is a history of dieting and body politics for anyone who has agonised over their weight or defiantly tried not to do so. And it is Marisa's funny and thoughtful journey towards a different way to live in the world. 'This is the anti-diet book I've been waiting for' Daisy Buchanan Zusammenfassung 'A life-changing book' Viv GroskopMarisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food. Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Marisa Meltzer
• Verlag: Chatto and Windus
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781784742393
• ISBN: 978-1-78474-239-3
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 144 mm x 222 mm x 30 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss, Diets & dieting, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Diets and dieting, nutrition, Biography: business and industry, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls