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Weinstein Books
May 2013
On Sale: May 7, 2013
256 pages ISBN: 1602861765 EAN: 9781602861763 Kindle: B00BKRVTYI Hardcover / e-Book
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Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity. On Morning Joe, she is often so adamant about improving Americaβs eating habits that some people have dubbed her βthe food Nazi.β What they donβt know is that Mika wages a personal fight against unhealthy eating habits every day, and in this book she describes her history of food obsession and distorted body image, and her lifelong struggle to be thin. She believes itβs time we all learned to stop blaming ourselves, and each other, and look at the real culpritsβthe food we eat and our addiction to it. Mika feels the only way to do this is to break through the walls of silence and shame weβve built around obesity and food obsessions. She believes we need to talk openly about how our country became overweight, and what we can do to turn the corner and step firmly onto the path of health. So Mika made a deal with her very close friend Diane: they would work together on this book and on their personal goals, to help Diane drop 75 pounds and to break Mikaβs obsession with staying superthin. As she did in her bestseller Knowing Your Value, Mika has packed each chapter with insights from notable people in medicine, health, business, the arts, and politics. Singer Jennifer Hudson, the late writer and director Nora Ephron, TV host Gayle King, New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and many others open up to Mika about their own challenges and what works for them when it comes to food and diet. Itβs time we stopped whispering the F-word (βfatβ) the way we used to shun the C-word (βcancerβ). This bookβwith its trademark Brzezinski smarts, honesty, and courageβlaunches us into a no-holds-barred conversation with family and friends, in schools and kitchens, in Congress and the food industry, to help us all find ways to tackle one of the biggest problems standing between us and a healthier America.
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