Kate Harding is a co-author of Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body and the founder of Shapely Prose, the most popular body acceptance blog on the web. ...
From November, 2007 A while back, Joy Nash provided us with this excellent quote of the day: Obese patients are often encouraged to believe that weight loss is an appropriate way to combat depression, save a failing marriage, or increase the chance of career success. The irrationality of hopes pinned on weight loss is so striking that dieting might almost be likened to superstitious ...