Ultimate Fitness (Abridged): The Quest for Truth about Health and Exercise Audiobook

" A great book with lots of facts and cited sources - she cuts through a lot of the junk. "

" "'Eating alone will not keep a man well,' Hippocrates said. 'He must also take exercise. Health ensues when exercise and food are perfectly balanced. When the balance is off people become ill.'" "

" Interesting book by a science writer on the history of the fitness industry and the science behind it - while I enjoyed lots of the stories wound around the history and science-talk, I wished that it had come to more conclusions, rather than just considering lots of questions. "

" Enlightening. I felt it was not as well organized as her other book, Rethinking Thin. But she frames each chapter with her own experiences as either a reporter or an exerciser, and I enjoyed that. "

" This book is fine when it comes to the historical information. But when she goes all gee-whiz-how-fit-I-and-my-fabulous-husband are, she loses me. I don't care about your spinning class, Gina! "

" I'm officially giving up on this. I've renewed it from the library 3 times and still haven't managed to get through it. I guess that means it's not that great! I really liked it when she talked about herself and her own experiences but the other stuff, not so much. "

" This book wasn't what I expected it would be so I was somewhat disappointed. It's full of statistics and facts so it's informative but I was hoping it would be more of a sociological look at the way thinness is perceived. "

" Science undermines most of what we thought we knew about losing more than twenty or thirty pounds. Changed my thinking. "

" Science behind theory seemed to be based on some random surveys, more like the author found exceptions and based a theory on them than on some kind of hard science. "

" Enjoyed learning and gaining compassion for all tryiing to lose weight. I read it because I was curious about all the diets and weight loss theories out there. Very interesting, but at times a little wordy and text heavy. "

" Very interesting read - at least if you're like me and you like things all diet and food related! Not at all what I expected it to be, but still informative and engaging. "