Book Notes: A Big Body Is Not A Bad Body

“Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight and What We Can Do About It,” by Harriet Brown. Da Capo Press, Boston, 2014. 274 pages. $25.99.Author Harriet Brown’s argument is an incendiary one: Stop the useless yo-yo dieting and accept yourself as you are. Once you do, the torturous self-loathing will diminish and you can begin to make some meaningful course corrections.