You Can’t Judge a Body by Its Cover — New Book by David Bedrick Offers Crucial Psychosocial Insights for Understanding People Beyond the Obvious — review by Fannie LeFlore, posted December 1, 2020

In his new book on women, dieting and body image, Psychotherapist David Bedrick captures the literal and metaphorical realities of what happens when people feel forced to deny or hide from their true selves in order to gain acceptance by others. When unrealistic expectations of perfection intrude and weight is used to determine someone’s worth, the unspoken dynamics of advertised messages reveal just how much women are conditioned to shrink due to social…