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“Weight gain is relatively easy, but the human body is just not designed to support weight loss. This means that reversing weight gain habits will do a pretty good job of preventing weight gain, though they may not result in weight loss.”
― Linda Bacon, Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

“Dropping the pursuit of weight loss isn’t about giving up, it’s about moving on.”
― Linda Bacon, Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

“One of the underlying assumptions about health is that if only we do everything right, we’ll be healthy.”
― Harriet Brown, Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight—and What We Can Do about It

“Satter believes we not only can give ourselves permission to enjoy food but that we should. That it’s a necessary part of learning to take care of yourself with food. Because if you’re not enjoying what you eat, you’re consuming it out of duty or responsibility or to deprive yourself of pleasure. And that’s a very different process than eating to sustain and nourish yourself.”
― Harriet Brown, Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight—and What We Can Do about It