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          This is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me)

          This is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me)

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          'A life-changing book' Viv GroskopMarisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food. Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant.

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          Product ID:9781784742393
          Product Form:Hardback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:This is Big
          Subtitle:How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me)
          Authors:Author: Marisa Meltzer
          Page Count:304
          Subjects:Biography: business and industry, Biography: business & industry, Memoirs, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies: food and society, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Diets and dieting, nutrition, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, Food & society, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Diets & dieting
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          'A life-changing book' Viv GroskopMarisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food. Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant.

          ''A life-changing book'' Viv Groskop

          Marisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food.

          Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant. Taking everything she learned from this experience, in 1963 she founded Weight Watchers, a company that has shaped decades of diet culture.

          When Marisa reads Jean''s obituary, she feels a moment of intense connection. Curious about the woman and her legacy, she signs up for a year of Weight Watchers; counting points, weighing in and listening to her fellow members struggle with their bodies.

          This is Big is a biography of an idiosyncratic entrepreneur whose impact is still felt strongly today. It is a history of dieting and body politics for anyone who has agonised over their weight or defiantly tried not to do so. And it is Marisa''s funny and thoughtful journey towards a different way to live in the world.

          ''This is the anti-diet book I''ve been waiting for'' Daisy Buchanan


          Imprint Name:Chatto & Windus
          Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2020-04-30

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          Weight402 g
          Dimensions145 × 222 × 31 mm