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Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight -- and What We Can Do about It artisan Our options are being placedOver the past twenty five years, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. In our culture, "fat" has become a four letter word. Or, as Lance Armstrong said to the wife of a former teammate, "I called you crazy. I called you a bitch. But I never called you fat." How did we get to this place where the worst insult you can hurl at someone is "fat"? Where women and girls (and increasingly men and boys) will