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Fat Cow, Fat Chance

How I Took Control of the Battle with Obesity

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At 64, Jenni Murray's weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy.

She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-winning performance. In private she lived with a growing sense of fear and misery that it would probably kill her before she made it to 70.

Interwoven with the science, social history and psychology of weight management Fat Cow, Fat Chance is a refreshingly honest account of what it’s like to be fat when society dictates that skinny is the norm. It asks why we overeat and why, when the weight is finally lost through dieting, do we simply pile the pounds back on again?

How do we help young people become comfortable with the way they look? What are the consequences of the obesity epidemic for an already overstretched NHS? And, whilst fat shaming is so often called out, why is it that shouting ‘fat cow’ at a woman in the street hasn’t been included in the list of hate crimes?

Fusing politics, science and personal pain, this is a powerful exploration of our battle with obesity.

©2020 Jenni Murray (P)2020 Penguin Audio Body Positivity Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Eating Disorders Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Health Inspiring Thought-Provoking
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I liked the breakdown of chapters, I felt all aspects were covered. I hope the author and title of the book attracts readers who aren’t struggling with being overweight as it’s these people who don’t understand the many issues that lead to obesity.
As a grandma who looks after grandkids three days a week I’ve learnt valuable lessons in what to offer them to eat and will stop saying ‘eat up or no pudding’!
I will listen again to this book when I fall off the healthy eating plan. Although it’s not a diet book it is a book that has inspired me to lose weight.
I hope Jenni remains healthy and continues to enjoy her new life
Lucinda (West Sussex)

Factual, comprehensive and relevant

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I found this book so informative, and to hear Jenni talk about this subject in such a way was wonderful.
Her narrative was perfect, Thank you

very very interesting

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Excellent book to listen to, so much of it resonated with me & also very informative.

Excellent read

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Fat, medium or thin everybody should read this book and educate themselves about obesity. So informative and sensible.

brilliant

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Amazing book! Loved listening about jenni’s life as a child and the family dynamics and how this went on to contribute to weight issues, however, It was not the only contributing factor! The story shows weight is a very complicated subject and I was so happy for Jenni that she had found her way forward and had got some peace!❤️

So informative!

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