Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity. On Morning Joe, she is
often so adamant about improving America's eating habits that some
people have dubbed her the food Nazi. What they don't know is that Mika
wages a personal fight against unhealthy eating habits every day, and in
this book she describes her history of food obsession and distorted body
image, and her lifelong struggle to be thin. She believes it's time we
all learned to stop blaming ourselves, and each other, and look at the
real culprits-the food we eat and our addiction to it. Mika feels the
only way to do this is to break through the walls of silence and shame
we've built around obesity and food obsessions. She believes we need to
talk openly about how our country became overweight, and what we can do
to turn the corner and step firmly onto the path of health. So Mika made
a deal with her very close friend Diane: they would work together on
this book and on their personal goals, to help Diane drop 75 pounds and
to break Mika's obsession with staying superthin.
As she did in her bestseller Knowing YourValue, Mika has packed each
chapter with insights from notable people in medicine, health, business,
the arts, and politics. Singer Jennifer Hudson, the late writer and
director Nora Ephron, TV host Gayle King, New Jersey governor Chris
Christie, and many others open up to Mika about their own challenges and
what works for them when it comes to food and diet. It's time we stopped
whispering the F-word (fat) the way we used to shun the C-word (cancer).
This book-with its trademark Brzezinski smarts, honesty, and
courage-launches us into a no-holds-barred conversation with family and
friends, in schools and kitchens, in Congress and the food industry, to
help us all find ways to tackle one of the biggest problems standing
between us and a healthier America.
