{"title":"Christy Harrison","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristy Harrison's work challenges conventional ideas about health and wellness, offering a fresh perspective on the culture surrounding dieting and body image. Through thoughtful critique and personal insight, her books explore themes of self-acceptance, intuitive eating, and the pitfalls of diet culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect compassionate guidance that encourages a balanced relationship with food and body, emphasising mental well-being alongside physical health. Her writing invites reflection on the societal pressures that shape our understanding of wellness, making her books essential for those seeking to break free from restrictive health narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"anti-diet-by-christy-harrison-9781529381207","title":"Anti-Diet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA how-to guide to reclaiming your time, money, health and happiness in our toxic diet culture.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAnti-Diet\u003c\/em\u003e, Christy Harrison takes on diet culture and the multi-billion-pound 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 recognise it in all its sneaky forms, and how letting go of efforts to lose weight or eat 'perfectly' actually helps to \u003cem\u003eimprove\u003c\/em\u003e people's health—no matter their size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on scientific research, personal experience, and stories from patients and colleagues, \u003cem\u003eAnti-Diet\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Please read this book! \u003cem\u003eAnti-Diet\u003c\/em\u003e 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.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Caroline Dooner, author of \u003cem\u003eThe F*ck It Diet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A huge burden has been lifted: I no longer have to revise my first book to reflect current understanding! Christy Harrison beat me to it. I'm blown away by how good \u003cem\u003eAnti-Diet\u003c\/em\u003e is. Using a social justice lens, well-researched and smart science, captivating storytelling, and practical advice, this book will help you reclaim your life from the throttle of diet culture.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Linda Bacon, author of \u003cem\u003eHealth at Every Size\u003c\/em\u003e, co-author of \u003cem\u003eBody Respect\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Most diet and wellness books claim to address mind, body, and spirit, but in fact they are just about body. 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