Anti-Diet
by Christy Harrison
A dietitian's case against diet culture: the harm of weight cycling, the weak evidence for sustained weight loss, the moralizing around food, and intuitive eating as the alternative. It is a corrective to the rest of this shelf and will anger some readers; the critique of diet failure rates is well founded.
Read it if…
you have dieted repeatedly and it has damaged your relationship with food.
Skip it if…
you want to lose weight and are not ready to question that goal.
Three things you will actually use
- Most diets fail long term; the data is clear.
- Weight cycling has costs.
- Trust can be rebuilt with hunger and fullness.
Do this first
Eat one meal this week with no rules at all, attentively, and notice what you choose.
Our verdict
Necessary corrective.
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