Four new faculty books from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 cover topics ranging from inequalitys effects on health to fad diets to former German chancellor Angela Merkels legacy on gender equality.


Four new faculty books from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 cover topics ranging from inequalitys effects on health to fad diets to former German chancellor Angela Merkels legacy on gender equality.

In an era of Fitbits, Skinnygirl margaritas and kale mania, isnt overeating simply a failure of willpower, an unwillingness or inability to make good choices? Its not that simple, says Kima Cargill, a professor of clinical psychology at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in Tacoma. In her new book The Psychology of Overeating, Cargill places the blame for gluttony squarely at the feet of a culture gorged on consumerism. Shecontends that abundance of variety, lax regulation and sophisticated branding and marketing…