This is big : how the founder of Weight Watchers changed the world (and me)
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This is big : how the founder of Weight Watchers changed the world (and me)
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- Marisa Meltzer
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- Marisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: the beginning of a fraught relationship with food. Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken as 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 also 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
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- contains biographical information
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- non fiction
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- adult
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