Crop Top is not just another diet book -- it is an anti-diet book. Written by a lawyer and a clinical dietitian, the authors provide both mothers and daughters with a new, innovative way of looking at ideas about food, such as weight, diets and self-image, which deeply affect so many girls and women today.
The aim of the book is to change society's image of the ideal female body, a change which must begin within the family. Offering practical tools and emotional support, Crop Top presents information on healthy meal preparation and balanced eating, loving yourself as you are, developing positive behavioral patterns, helping young people to create a realistic, balanced body image, creating a friendly domestic environment and conducting supportive, constructive dialogue.
Crop Top is a book written ahead of it's time. Its has Introduced an agenda that was later expressed as the formal position of the Academy of Nutrition and Diet.
