Is obesity a disease, and weight loss is the solution? That is the common belief. Yet, studies have since refuted this assumption, and from my experience I have learned that it is far from reality, but even so, this is still the given opinion among the masses. The pursuit of thinness, the diet that accompanies it, and the failure therein has created a language (for lack of a better term). A language of eating - the Diet Language. This is a language administrated by control, intimidation, abstention and threat and by an external imposition dictating what to eat, when, how much, how to feel and...

Imagine a life free of weight worriesImagine a life free of thoughts about what to eat, how much, and when.Imagine a life in which you are finally free to be who you are

Now imagine that all of it can really happen to you if you'll only dare. The book "The Weight of Happiness - On Food, Body and Spirit" is the first step on the road to achieving that.

This book focuses on the touching journey of Ayelet Kalter, a dietician and eating behavior therapist, and her patient Tamar. A journey that began with the strong desire to lose weight but ended up leading...