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ObsessedObsessed: America's Food Addiction--and My Own
by Mika Brzezinski

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, shares the story of her own struggle with food. She hopes to inspire us all to eat healthier. With insights from notable people in medicine, health, business, the arts, and politics, Brzezinski breaks through the walls of silence and shame we've built around obesity and food obsession and talks openly about how our country became overweight, and what we can do to turn the corner and step firmly onto the path of health.

 

 

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