This book is all about being overweight and leading a happy life. In it Barbara puts forward her case very strongly indeed. She supports being overweight and dismisses diets as unnecessary pursuits that lead to great profits being generated for the diet industry. She warns of the dangers of obesity and suggests that people have a Body Mass Index up to 30 to have a full, active and happy life.
I found this book a poor read although I totally agreed with what Barbara was preaching. Her writing style is very happy clappy though and borrows similar mantras as those used by diet clubs. It is all about confidence building and the same feel good themes are repeated throughout this book. She does rather labour her points but does have the balance to state that you should never become obese.
It was a little ambitious of Barbara to write at such length about being overweight and living an active and happy life. The scope of this book could have easily been fully covered in a well-edited magazine feature. The enlightenment to reading time ratio of this book was poor, so I can only vote her book 2 stars. That is a shame because what Barbara is preaching at great length is balanced, common sense and refreshing. It is great that she is confident enough to challenge the diet industry and slim is best peer group pressure.
Overweight and Happy is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2014.
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