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...Though Wansink’s work is something of a diet book, it also resembles another genre that has found especial favor with the public lately—that of popular social science...
...matte white finish and medium blue font strikingly similar to that of “Blink”), “Ph.D.” is displayed prominently beside Wansink’s name, an appealing adjective that both validates “Mindless Eating” as a diet book and elevates the reader’s expectations...
...Wansink has a gift for finding quirky, interesting facts and applying them to improving the reader’s diet. Part of the appendix—“Defusing Your Danger Zones”—adopts both the language of existing diet plans and the common strategy of assigning people “types” and then providing solutions that feel individually-tailored. The book’s format is made accessible with large-spaced type, frequent graphs, and inset quizzes, such as one where readers attempt to match the personality type to the matching flavor...
...diet book, “Mindless Eating” is exceptional—both readable and sensible. But as a book explaining scientific studies to the public, it is belied by its packaging...
...this phenomenon a cause - even the cause - of anorexia, or is it a consequence? Mondraty sees it like this: the personality traits and self-esteem problems mentioned earlier "are reasons that a girl might go on a diet," he says. Nearly all girls diet during their teenage years, but only about 1% of them develop anorexia. "What I'm guessing," Mondraty says, "is that when those with an underlying biological vulnerability lose a certain amount of weight, then something happens ... this [brain abnormality] clicks in. The significance of this is that it takes a bit of blame away from...