Anxious eaters : why we fall for fad diets / Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill.

Author/creator Chrzan, Janet author.
Other author Cargill, Kima, author.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
Description1 online resource (ix, 344 pages).
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Portion of title Why we fall for fad diets
SeriesArts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
Arts and traditions of the table. ^A489705
Contents 1. Why We Love Fad Diets -- 2. Food Removal Diets -- 3. Food Addiction -- 4. Clean Eating -- 5. Paleo Diets -- 6. Final Thoughts.
Abstract Anxious Eaters shows that fad diets are popular because they fulfill crucial social and psychological needs--which is also why they tend to fail. Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill bring together anthropology, psychology, and nutrition to explore what these programs promise yet rarely fulfill for dieters.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record
Issued in other formPrint version: Chrzan, Janet. Anxious eaters. New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] 9780231192446
LCCN 2021058012
ISBN9780231549806
ISBN0231549806
ISBN(hardback)
Standard identifier# 10.7312/chrz19244
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