Fat Talk

What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting

Mimi Nichter

    Preface

    Introduction: Barbie and Beyond

    1. In the Presence of the Perfect Girl

    2. Fat Talk

    3. Are Girls Really Dieting?

    4. Who Will I Look Like?

    5. Mothers, Daughters, and Dieting

    6. Looking Good Among African-American Girls

    7. What We Can Do

    Appendix A: Research Strategies

    Appendix B: Tables

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Index

  • Cover: Fat Talk
  • A photo of the author

Author photo: Ed Flores Photography © 1999.

Mimi Nichter is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.