New faculty books: Fad diets, how inequality leads to poor health and more

UW News staff — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:39:53 +0000

Four new faculty books from the �� cover topics ranging from inequality’s effects on health to fad diets to former German chancellor Angela Merkel’s legacy on gender equality.

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Krispy Kreme crack and luxury food fever: new book links overeating to consumer culture

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:11:29 +0000

In an era of Fitbits, Skinnygirl margaritas and kale mania, isn’t overeating simply a failure of willpower, an unwillingness or inability to make good choices? It’s not that simple, says Kima Cargill, a professor of clinical psychology at the �� in Tacoma. In her new book “The Psychology of Overeating,” Cargill places the blame for gluttony squarely at the feet of a culture gorged on consumerism. She contends that abundance of variety, lax regulation and sophisticated branding and marketing...

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New faculty books: Fad diets, how inequality leads to poor health and more

Krispy Kreme crack and luxury food fever: new book links overeating to consumer culture