healthy weight in a food-obsessed culture. ‘I knew Mom was being criticised, but at that time I was largely protected from the media situation,’ says Betty. ‘But I do recall her coming back from one TV show interview, taken aback by how aggressively people were confronting her.’Looking back, Betty has ‘mixed emotions’ about her mother’s decision to share her story with the world.
It took her three years to read Heavy, and she still can’t bring herself to read the original Vogue piece. ‘I have never doubted my mom’s good intentions with either the article, the book or the diet itself,’ says Betty. ‘And I did lose 16 pounds in the following year [after starting the diet] because of this healthier eating plan – even though I think a fixation.
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