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Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity On Morning Joe she is often so adamant about improving Americarsquos eating habits that some people have dubbed her ldquothe food Nazirdquo What they donrsquot know is that Mika wages a personal fight against unhealthy eating habits every day and in this book she describes her history of food obsession and distorted body image and her lifelong struggle to be thin She believes itrsquos time we all learned to stop blaming ourselves and each other and look at the real culpritsmdashthe food we eat and our addiction to it Mika feels the only way to do this is to break through the walls of silence and shame wersquove built around obesity and food obsessions She believes we need to talk openly about how our country became overweight and what we can do to turn the corner and step firmly onto the path of health So Mika made a deal with her very close friend Diane they would work together on this book and on their personal goals to help Diane drop pounds and to break Mikarsquos obsession with staying superthinAs she did in her bestseller Knowing Your Value Mika has packed each chapter with insights from notable people in medicine health business the arts and politics Singer Jennifer Hudson the late writer and director Nora Ephron TV host Gayle King New Jersey governor Chris Christie and many others open up to Mika about their own challenges and what works for them when it comes to food and diet Itrsquos time we stopped whispering the F-word ldquofatrdquo the way we used to shun the C-word ldquocancerrdquoThis bookmdashwith its trademark Brzezinski smarts honesty and couragemdashlaunches us into a no-holds-barred conversation with family and friends in schools and kitchens in Congress and the food industry to help us all find ways to tackle one of the biggest problems standing between us and a healthier America.
About the Author
Mika Brzezinski is the co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," a show Time Magazine calls "revolutionary" and the New York Times ranked as the top news show of 2008. In January of 2009 Mika launched and became the Co-host of Citadel Media's syndicated radio show "The Joe Scarborough Show". Prior to joining MSNBC in January 2007, Brzezinski was an anchor of the "CBS Evening News Weekend Edition" and a CBS News correspondent who frequently contributed to "CBS Sunday Morning" and "60 Minutes." Brzezinski joined CBS News in 1997 as the anchor of "CBS News Up To The Minute," but took a short hiatus in 2000 to co-host MSNBC's weekday afternoon program "Homepage." In September 2001, she returned to CBS to become their principal "Ground Zero" reporter for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Brzezinski began her journalism career in 1991 in Hartford, Connecticut, as a general assignment reporter at WTIC. A year later she joined WFSB, also in Hartford, and quickly became the weekday morning anchor.A native of New York City, Brzezinski is the daughter of Foreign Policy Expert and Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. She attended Williams College and received a degree in English. Brzezinski lives in Manhattan with her husband and two daughters.
