--- product_id: 3751691 title: "Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight" price: "R602" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/3751691-body-respect-what-conventional-health-books-get-wrong-leave-out store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight **Price:** R602 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight - **How much does it cost?** R602 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/3751691-body-respect-what-conventional-health-books-get-wrong-leave-out) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Mainstream health science has let you down. Weight loss is not the key to health, diet and exercise are not effective weight-loss strategies and fatness is not a death sentence. You've heard it before: there's a global health crisis, and, unless we make some changes, we're in trouble. That much is true—but the epidemic is NOT obesity. The real crisis lies in the toxic stigma placed on certain bodies and the impact of living with inequality—not the numbers on a scale. In a mad dash to shrink our bodies, many of us get so caught up in searching for the perfect diet, exercise program, or surgical technique that we lose sight of our original goal: improved health and well-being. Popular methods for weight loss don't get us there and lead many people to feel like failures when they can't match unattainable body standards. It's time for a cease-fire in the war against obesity. Dr. Linda Bacon and Dr. Lucy Aphramor's Body Respect debunks common myths about weight, including the misconceptions that BMI can accurately measure health, that fatness necessarily leads to disease, and that dieting will improve health. They also help make sense of how poverty and oppression—such as racism, homophobia, and classism—affect life opportunity, self-worth, and even influence metabolism. Body insecurity is rampant, and it doesn't have to be. It's time to overcome our culture's shame and distress about weight, to get real about inequalities and health, and to show every body respect. Review: Done with Dieting - This book was a joy to read. There are so many different diets out there and the diet industry is a multi-billion dollar industry (because we all know diets don't work but we all hope we can be in that 5% success rate). If you're done with diets then this book explains why that's actually the best choice of them all. Very easy to read and reassuring that there is nothing wrong with you, society is perversely behind the times. It's time to enjoy life and enjoy your body now! What I most enjoyed and try to share with others is the seven myths of weight stigma: MYTH 1. Fatness leads to decreased longevity. MYTH 2. BMI is a valuable and accurate health measure. MYTH 3. Fat plays a substantive role in causing disease. MYTH 4. Exercise and dietary restriction are effective weight-loss techniques. MYTH 5. We have evidence that weight loss improves health. MYTH 6. Health is largely determined by health behaviors. MYTH 7. Science is value-free. I did read Bacon’s book HAES and while I did enjoy it, I found Body Respect to be a quicker read and better for mass appeal. There was a very small section on emotional eating in Body Respect. For a book that continues to discuss the importance of mindfulness and deals much more with emotional eating, I highly recommend Women Food and God by Geneen Roth. Roth also talks about being the size that's right for you but does not go as far as Bacon. Good for those who have disordered eating and can’t let go of the idea of dieting. For a book aimed at parents, I recommend Your Child’s Weight by Ellyn Satter. Satter talks about how restrictive diets causes children to gain weight but by allowing your children to enjoy all foods they will end up with a healthy relationship with food and be the weight nature intended them to be. Review: A critical book for raising healthy kids - This book is required reading for parents who want to help prevent eating disorders and help their kids recover from an eating disorder. The "war against obesity" has caused countless casualties when it comes to eating disorders, and this book does an excellent job of removing the stigma around weight and sharing important facts about health independent of weight. I am a big fan of "Health at Every Size," and love the new research and added focus on social justice and environmental factors of health in “Body Respect." In addition to improving our own health and that of our families using HAES, we must find ways to influence social systems and government policy in order to build a truly healthy society for everyone. Linda Bacon's work is critically important as we put one foot in front of the other and do our best to overcome the devastating impacts of fatphobia and healthism. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #304,635 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #203 in Sociological Study of Medicine #207 in Self-Help for Eating Disorders & Body Image Issues (Books) #3,994 in Sociology Reference | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 581 Reviews | ## Images ![Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71FSlnAUnbL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Done with Dieting *by W***R on December 9, 2015* This book was a joy to read. There are so many different diets out there and the diet industry is a multi-billion dollar industry (because we all know diets don't work but we all hope we can be in that 5% success rate). If you're done with diets then this book explains why that's actually the best choice of them all. Very easy to read and reassuring that there is nothing wrong with you, society is perversely behind the times. It's time to enjoy life and enjoy your body now! What I most enjoyed and try to share with others is the seven myths of weight stigma: MYTH 1. Fatness leads to decreased longevity. MYTH 2. BMI is a valuable and accurate health measure. MYTH 3. Fat plays a substantive role in causing disease. MYTH 4. Exercise and dietary restriction are effective weight-loss techniques. MYTH 5. We have evidence that weight loss improves health. MYTH 6. Health is largely determined by health behaviors. MYTH 7. Science is value-free. I did read Bacon’s book HAES and while I did enjoy it, I found Body Respect to be a quicker read and better for mass appeal. There was a very small section on emotional eating in Body Respect. For a book that continues to discuss the importance of mindfulness and deals much more with emotional eating, I highly recommend Women Food and God by Geneen Roth. Roth also talks about being the size that's right for you but does not go as far as Bacon. Good for those who have disordered eating and can’t let go of the idea of dieting. For a book aimed at parents, I recommend Your Child’s Weight by Ellyn Satter. Satter talks about how restrictive diets causes children to gain weight but by allowing your children to enjoy all foods they will end up with a healthy relationship with food and be the weight nature intended them to be. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A critical book for raising healthy kids *by G***S on August 16, 2018* This book is required reading for parents who want to help prevent eating disorders and help their kids recover from an eating disorder. The "war against obesity" has caused countless casualties when it comes to eating disorders, and this book does an excellent job of removing the stigma around weight and sharing important facts about health independent of weight. I am a big fan of "Health at Every Size," and love the new research and added focus on social justice and environmental factors of health in “Body Respect." In addition to improving our own health and that of our families using HAES, we must find ways to influence social systems and government policy in order to build a truly healthy society for everyone. Linda Bacon's work is critically important as we put one foot in front of the other and do our best to overcome the devastating impacts of fatphobia and healthism. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor are terrific; together they are awesome *by N***W on January 11, 2015* Separately, Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor are terrific; together they are awesome. "Body Respect" brings a new perspective to the conversation about health and weight, addressing issues of cultural and social values as well as personal self care. As a mental health counselor with a thirty year history of working with people who have eating and body image disturbances, I am delighted to have this book as a resource to recommend. Some individuals are reluctant to read books that are too "sciencey" but this volume is a great place to start. As a social worker, I find the focus on social justice to be a powerful antidote to the "personal responsibility" rhetoric usually found in conversations about weight and health. Additionally, Chapter 6, Eating Well, is the simple, straightforward, nonjudgmental explanation of basic nutrition that I have been searching for for years. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/3751691-body-respect-what-conventional-health-books-get-wrong-leave-out](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/3751691-body-respect-what-conventional-health-books-get-wrong-leave-out) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Africa* *Store origin: ZA* *Last updated: 2026-08-27*