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'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' details a lifelong relationship with food and body image

'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' details a lifelong relationship with food and body image

FromNPR's Book of the Day


'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' details a lifelong relationship with food and body image

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When Rabia Chaudry's family moved from Pakistan to the U.S., her parents fully embraced the processed foods lining the grocery store aisles. But as the author and attorney got older, she began to associate eating with shame and secrecy. Her new memoir, Fatty Fatty Boom Boom, recounts how her outlook on food changed as she understood her own mom's eating patterns. In this episode, Chaudry tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how she eventually started healing – so much so that she reclaimed her childhood nickname for the title of her book.
Released:
Oct 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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