More than a body

The tyranny of beauty, of which we are currently both protagonists and passive spectators, holds thinness—sometimes to an extreme degree—as one of its fundamental ideals. For most of us, the reality is that it’s hard to be and stay thin. We live in a world with barriers to movement, with full caloric availability twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, with drugs that cause weight gain, with sleep debt, with high stress levels, and with a generalized difficulty in naturally managing our emotions. And, paradoxically, we are asked to achieve thinness at the drop of a hat. Who can reach this goal without suffering the logical consequences of a race destined for failure? Dr. Mónica Katz, with the collaboration of Valeria Groisman, analyzes the issue and poses an irrefutable truth: all humans are different and unique. This uniqueness is the authentic source of beauty. And it is possible to achieve it.

The tyranny of beauty, of which we are currently both protagonists and passive spectators, holds thinness—sometimes to an extreme degree—as one of its fundamental ideals. For most of us, the reality is that it’s hard to be and stay thin. We live in a world with barriers to movement, with full caloric availability twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, with drugs that cause weight gain, with sleep debt, with high stress levels, and with a generalized difficulty in naturally managing our emotions. And, paradoxically, we are asked to achieve thinness at the drop of a hat. Who can reach this goal without suffering the logical consequences of a race destined for failure? Dr. Mónica Katz, with the collaboration of Valeria Groisman, analyzes the issue and poses an irrefutable truth: all humans are different and unique. This uniqueness is the authentic source of beauty. And it is possible to achieve it.