Today, we’re talking about the promises, perils, and psychology of changing how we eat. In Magic Pill, Johann Hari explores the new weight-loss drugs transforming medicine—and raising big questions about risk, desire, and what happens when appetite suddenly goes quiet. And in Anxious Eaters, Janet Chrzan explains why fad diets keep seducing us, even when they rarely deliver. Together, these books ask a timely question: when we try to fix our bodies, what else are we really trying to transform?
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