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Reclaim your time, money, health, and happiness from our toxic diet culture with groundbreaking strategies from a registered dietitian, journalist, and host of the Food Psych podcast.

68 percent of Americans have dieted at some point in their lives. But upwards of 90% of people who intentionally lose weight gain it back within five years. And as many as 66% of people who embark on weight-loss efforts end up gaining more weight than they lost. If dieting is so clearly ineffective, why are we so obsessed with it?

The culprit is diet culture, a system of beliefs that equates thinness to health and moral virtue, promotes weight loss as a means of attaining higher status, and demonizes certain ways of eating while elevating others. It's sexist, racist, and classist, yet this way of thinking about food and bodies is so embedded in the fabric of our society that it can be hard to recognize. It masquerades as health, wellness, and fitness, and for some, it is all-consuming.

In Anti-Diet, Christy Harrison takes on diet culture and the multi-billion-dollar industries that profit from it, exposing all the ways it robs people of their time, money, health, and happiness. It will turn what you think you know about health and wellness upside down, as Harrison explores the history of diet culture, how it's infiltrated the health and wellness world, how to recognize it in all its sneaky forms, and how letting go of efforts to lose weight or eat "perfectly" actually helps to improve people's health—no matter their size. Drawing on scientific research, personal experience, and stories from patients and colleagues, Anti-Diet provides a radical alternative to diet culture, and helps readers reclaim their bodies, minds, and lives so they can focus on the things that truly matter.
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"Nutritionist Harrison, host of the podcast Food Psych, debuts with this impassioned and articulate plea for readers to reject 'diet culture' and reclaim their lives...Harrison's enlightening, heretical tract provides a new perspective on the dieting narrative which many take as gospel truth."
―Publishers Weekly

"Anti-Diet is the 'diet' book you need to read headed into 2020. If you've been gearing up to embark on yet another diet, protocol, reset or reboot come Jan. 1, I have a different suggestion: Hit the pause button on that plan and read Christy Harrison's book. Harrison, a registered dietitian and journalist, thoroughly and elegantly lays out the strange origins of modern diet culture...then presents a path to truly holistic health that's based on self-care, not self-control."―Carrie Dennett, The Seattle Times

"Brilliant! Anti-Diet should be required reading for every health professional and in every health-related class. Harrison bridges the gap between intuitive eating and social justice issues in an engaging and compassionate way. She exposes toxic diet culture -- its evolution, who profits by it, and how it hurts you. Written with a friendly touch of sass, Anti-Diet, is richly sourced with studies, stats, and expert interviews. I highly recommend this book to help you dismantle diet culture and to heal your own relationship with food, mind, and body."―Evelyn Tribole, coauthor of Intuitive Eating

"This book will change the way you see the world and live your life forever. Thank God for Christy Harrison."
―Jes Baker, author of Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls

"As compassionate as it is scholarly, Christy Harrison's Anti-Diet goes deep to expose the sordid underbelly of the diet culture but it doesn't leave you there. With healing-oriented strategies that address our physical, emotional, and social selves, you will finish this book armed with ways to reclaim all that dieting has taken from you, and gain a new perspective that is empowering and sustainable."
―Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RDN, CDN, author of Eat to Love

"VICTORY! Christy Harrison epically takes down diet culture and explains why the cards are stacked against all of us who still believe a smaller body is the only way to improve health and create a better life. Diet culture sucks, but you can take meaningful action: Read this book. Stop dieting. Start being good to yourself."―Rebecca Scritchfield RDN, author of Body Kindness

"If you've ever wondered how we landed in this current wellness-obsessed, sugar-and-gluten-fearing moment of entrenched food anxiety, Anti-Diet is a must-read. Christy Harrison traces the history of modern diet culture, busts deeply rooted myths and exposes the inherent biases of modern weight research. She also offers clear, practical advice for all of us trying to disentangle ourselves from diets and make peace with food."
―Virginia Sole-Smith, author of The Eating Instinct

"Most diet and wellness books claim to address mind, body and spirit, but in fact they are just about body. Thank goodness for Christy Harrison, whose empathetic book reveals oppressive diet culture for what it truly is, and offers a genuinely holistic alternative."
―Alan Levinovitz, author of The Gluten Lie

"Please read this book! Anti-Diet is the book to end all diet books, and will be a game changer for so many people. Christy is an expert on this subject and leaves no stone unturned in exposing how insidious and harmful diet culture is -- and teaching readers how to opt-out of the madness."
―Caroline Dooner, author of The F*ck It Diet

About the Author

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist who writes about food and nutrition. She is the founder and host of the Food Psych podcast, which has helped tens of thousands of people around the world stop dieting, recover from disordered eating, and develop happier and healthier relationships with food. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, SELF, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, Gourmet, Slate, the Food Network, and many other publications, and her work is regularly featured in nationalprint and broadcast media.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Spark (December 28, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316420379
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316420372
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist who writes about food and nutrition. She is the founder and host of the Food Psych podcast, which has helped tens of thousands of people around the world stop dieting, recover from disordered eating, and develop happier and healthier relationships with food. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, SELF, BuzzFeed, WIRED, Refinery29, Gourmet, Slate, the Food Network, and many other publications, and her work is regularly featured in national print and broadcast media.

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Diet culture is ubiquitous therefore no person goes unscathed! Fortunately, Christy Harrison's book, Anti-Diet provides another way of living, rich in freedoms from diet culture, many of us were unaware existed. Harrison presents the history of diet culture which is fascinating, paired with well researched evidenced-based science and a very logical, perspective on the systemic oppression and weight stigma in societies past, present, and future.I found the book to be a wonderful balance, appealing to the layperson and health professional alike. The citations lay the groundwork to dig deeper for professionals. Incredibly well organized and useful for professors, students, in medicine today.Anyone living in diet culture which is technically (everyone), will benefit from reading this incredible book!I am personally grateful for this book.
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Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars It Will Change Your Life, If You Let It.
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2020
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The Food Psych Podcast was life changing for me. After DECADES of dieting , etc. I stumbled upon the podcast through a series of other podcast interviews/ guests and found it. At first, I was a little " hot under the collar"- the premise of HAES flies in the face of everything I'd been taught and advertised about how to "look good, be happy, healthy and well" But after a lot of self honesty, I realized that I had been played by diet culture and had totally stopped listening to my body and intuition. It's taken me a few years to get to where I am but I believe that (or I hope that) I am a better person, partner, parent and global citizen because I don't engage with diet culture any more. In fact, I actively speak out against it and all of its sneaky forms to anyone who asks.

Admittedly, I have been (and still am) insulated by thin privilege, but I promise that this work (Intuitive Eating and eschewing diet culture) will change your life, whatever body size you are in. This book is a great companion to the other HAES/ Intuitive Eating Books out there. It is well-researched and well-edited. I respectfully disagree with the other reviewer who thought the book was too broad and too dense. I think that is a great appeal of this work. The book includes necessary (albeit dense) information, history, research data interpretation. It's so helpful for people who don't have an advanced science degree or time to go through thousands of nutritional studies and extrapolate the data. Speaking of research- actual scientific research supports a HAES approach to living.

As for the colorful language, it's in line with the author's actual voice (as is evident each podcast episode). In this book, there isn't very much "language". And if you're offended by that, you should be even more offended by the harm our entire society is being subjected to everyday through the institution of diet culture and all of its forms of oppression. Health At Every Size really is a social justice issue.

This is a great tool to give to people who ask "do you eat keto/paleo/blah blah blah?". You can say "I don't diet. I listen to my body and respect her/his/their needs. Here, read this!" I also listened to the Audible of this book and found it delightful! It's a wonderful alternative to someone who may be intimidated by the content, has a decent commute, or likes to multitask.

Cheers to a life well and fully lived!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy on science, should be required reading
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2020
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This should be required reading. For someone who is science-hungry like me, this book ticked all of the boxes. There are extensively cited sources, and the author really breaks down the problems with much of the science around dieting and weight loss (such as poorly structured studies, compromised scientists, incomplete understanding of results, and more). I found this to be strongly based in reality, fact, and science, and as a former journalist, Harrison really goes full investigative reporter. And this is NECESSARY, because it is extremely hard for even believers of the anti-diet movement and Health at Every Size to get past conventional wisdom and what we've been told for years and years. You really need a powerful set of facts to get past the concept of "high weight = unhealthy," and I felt Harrison accomplished that.

The book focuses on dismantling diet culture - the Life Thief - and nicely ties in a lot of concepts along the way, including that weight stigma actually harms your health more than your weight, and the fallibility of so much of the generally accepted science. Harrison also devotes several chapters to the concept of "OK, I no longer believe in diets - now what do I do?", which I also found extremely helpful and necessary, because it can be really hard to live rule-free around food, activity, and body image when you are used to structure and rules for decades and decades.

I found this book to be an emotional read because of my own history and ongoing recovery, but felt very empowered, satisfied, and inspired. It's well-written, well-researched, and well-intended, and I'm so glad I read it! I'd highly recommend it for anyone wanting to learn more about anti-dieting, Health at Every Size, or because you just want more science and knowledge.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
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Great insights on diet culture and body image. Would recommend to anyone who has ever had weight issues or diet fad addictions
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Luisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great info, huge impact on my life..but..
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
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A word of caution...
The author is a proponent of trans-ideology, gender ideology, supporter of the LGBTQ movement and there's a lot Critical Theory in there. I don't know how much diet and social justice are actually linked but the author thinks they are inextricable.
If you can look past that (there's alot ), there is so much good and eye opening information she has to share.
I've been in a season where I've been developing a more Godly view of my body and moving to divorce myself from the words understanding of"normal" and "standard". Her sharing of the history of diet culture alone opened my eyes a little. Enough is enough. I am tired of feeding this machine of lies and time/life wasting. I thank the author for this book and the information that has had such a positive impact on my life.
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4.0 out of 5 stars informative
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024
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This book brought me insight and education. There was many facts and perceptions that make me see things through different lens.
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Mary Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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This book started my journey of completely rethinking my attitudes toward my own body and the bodies of others. I initially came across this book when searching for resources about intuitive eating (I know now that at the time I was actually looking for a how-to on the Hunger-And-Fullness Diet). Christy Harrison lays the research on THICK - virtually anybody with an appreciation for science will have no choice but to rethink what they’ve been fed (pun intended) about diet culture. This was the book I needed to begin pursuing body acceptance. Thank you Christy!
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Rosemary Satterfield
5.0 out of 5 stars A life changing book!
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2023
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This book was very impactful. It provides researched backed explanations on how diet culture can be harmful and encourages readers to challenge their own beliefs around food. It supports body neutrality and explains where the roots of diet culture come from which was very eye opening. Overall a great book- highly recommend for everyone.
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Shawna Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Anti-Diet
Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2021
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I would highly recommend this book to anyone that has ever suffered from disordered eating. I consider myself to be “recovered”, although I think you can’t really ever fully recover from an ED. There were so many times in this book where I though to myself that I thought I was the only one that went through that, or I would never have thought about the view point etc. Overall, Christy made this book enjoyable and easy to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars El mejor libro lo amo
Reviewed in Mexico on January 17, 2021
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Melissa de Sá
5.0 out of 5 stars Esse livro tem que ser traduzido pro português, pra todas as línguas o mais rápido possível!!!
Reviewed in Brazil on January 18, 2020
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Christy Harrison, host do podcast Food Psych e nutricionista do movimento "Health At Every Size", chega chutando a porta da cultura da dieta e expondo as muitas facetas que esta teve ao longo do tempo. O livro, que tem uma extensa lista de referências, explica como dietas estão fadadas a falhar, como os dados médicos não batem em relação ao peso, como gordofobia é o maior fator de risco para pessoas gordas e não a gordura em si, e como a cultura da dieta está cooptando até mesmo o discurso body positive para aumentar seus lucros.

A autora escreve de forma clara e bem embasada, mas também com muita compaixão por todos nós, que estamos afundando na cultura da dieta. É de abrir os olhos.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best Anti-Diet Book out there!
Reviewed in Germany on February 3, 2021
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Best Anti-Diet Book that is out there. It’s Mind-blowing. So many good facts already on the first 50 pages. BUY THIS BOOK! :-)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read absolutely!!!
Reviewed in France on November 1, 2020
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Excellent !! Thanks for your work. It just makes so much sense...
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