Rebecca Jane Weinstein is the author of three books including Fat Kids: Truth and Consequences, part of the Fat Books series. She has also written for numerous national publications. Rebecca is the founder of PeopleOfSize.com, an online community and social networking site which provides information, support, and interaction for people of size. An attorney and social worker with a masters degree focusing on clinical therapy, Rebecca has been working as an advocate and writer for nearly twenty years. She is considered an expert on the subject matter of weight and culture. Rebecca shares her own experiences of being a fat child, and now a fat adult, having been put on her first diet at age six. She understands the struggles that so many experience living in a world with a war on fat. More information can be found at RebeccaJaneWeinsteinWriter.com.
Anyone who cares about the future of our kids needs to read this book. -- Mandy Stadtmiller, Deputy Editor of xoJane Fat Kids is a fascinating and important book. At a time when we are bombarded with unrealistic media and celebrity images, and endlessly critical social media, parents and children need a source of accurate information and empathy. Truly, everyone can and should read this book because as a culture we have a lot to learn about the subject. Fat Kids is a wealth of information in a compelling and moving read. -- Mark Ebner, New York Times bestselling author of Hollywood, Interrupted, and Six Degrees of Paris Hilton Often equally heartbreaking and heartwarming, Weinstein'sFat Kids reveals that the so-called war on obesity isn't saving anyone; instead it's wreaking havoc on the emotional sanity of innocent and perfectly normal children. This book is a must read for anyone who was or has a fat child. -- Lindsey Averill, producer of the documentary Fattitude As a one-time fat kid still scalded by memories of diets, ridicule, shame, and anziety, and as a grown-up raising daughters in a society still preoccupied with a patently unhealthy ideal, I found Fat Kids to be both a consolation and a not-always-nostalgic walk down memory lane. Informative, surprising, movin, and funny--sometimes all at once--this book is an essential read for fat kids and the people who love them, and should be an obligatory one for everyone else. -- Christopher Sorrentino, National Book Award finalist for and Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly acclaimed author of Trance
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