Mika Brzezinski can be seen on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" where she speaks about improving America's eating habits through diet and exercise. It's not widely known that Mika herself has dealt with a battle against unhealthy eating habits, food obsession and a distorted body image, along with a lifelong struggle to be thin. She wants us to look at the food we eat and our addiction to it. Her belief is that we all need to break through the walls of silence and shame, that we should talk openly about how the country became overweight and how we can become healthy. She teamed up with her friend Diane to work on goals such as helping Diane lose 75 pounds and helping Mika's obsession to stay super thin. There are insights from notable people in relevant subjects included in each chapter.

Mika aims to have us talk about the problem. At the core of her message is pretty much the same message we've been hearing for years -- you must exercise more and eat less. Mika polls a lot of people during this book, some are what you might call experts or have specific knowledge about the subject, while others are more on the line of pop culture icons or celebrities. This is not to say that it's not interesting to read what they think of the subject. It is. It's just not to be taken as a hard science answer. I admire Mika for revealing her own struggles. It makes her seem more human.

You can take her advice or not. Either way, maybe OBSESSED will help shed some light if you are struggling with your own weight issues.