{"id":12493,"date":"2009-09-28T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=12493"},"modified":"2009-09-25T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T20:57:04","slug":"born-round-the-secret-history-of-a-full-time-eater-by-frank-bruni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/born-round-the-secret-history-of-a-full-time-eater-by-frank-bruni\/","title":{"rendered":"Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater by Frank Bruni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"born round frank bruni\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/born-round-the-secret-history-of-a-full-time-eater-by-frank-bruni\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12510\" title=\"born round frank bruni\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/born-round-frank-bruni.jpg\" alt=\"born round frank bruni\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>When most of us think of <a title=\"eating disorders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/common-eating-disorders-defined\/\" target=\"_self\">eating disorders<\/a>, an image of a teen-aged girl or young woman enters into our minds: Sallow complexion, hollowed eyes,\u00a0noodle-like arms,\u00a0stick legs. We&#8217;ve all\u00a0&#8220;seen&#8221; her. But what about closing your eyes and envisioning a\u00a0 grown man, and not a gangly and lanky\u00a0one, but rather an overweight gentleman who\u00a0has battled <a title=\"bulimia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/bulimia\/\" target=\"_self\">bulimia<\/a>, <a title=\"binge eating\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/binge-eating\/\" target=\"_self\">binge-eating<\/a> disorder, laxative abuse,\u00a0nighttime eating\u00a0and an almost\u00a0dangerous\u00a0inherited love\u00a0of food.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it was precisely the excess pounds and passion for food that landed author of <a title=\"born round\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1594202311?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=dir_blog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1594202311\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Frank Bruni, a job as the restaurant critic for The New York Times. In his nakedly honest memoir, Bruni chronicles his life as not just one of the most respected (and feared) food critics in the country, but also as a voracious eater whose <a title=\"emotional eating \" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/the-emotional-eating-solution\/\" target=\"_self\">relationship with food<\/a> rendered him powerless over anything from convenience store eats to Chinese food delivery.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With humor, candor and thoughtful introspection, Bruni discusses his battle with weight and food from a lens that we often don&#8217;t see through: That of a man&#8217;s own tumultuous battle with a food addiction.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever thought that men never know what it&#8217;s like to wrestle with their own food and weight demons, think again and pick up a copy of Born Round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When most of us think of eating disorders, an image of a teen-aged girl or young woman enters into our minds: Sallow complexion, hollowed eyes,\u00a0noodle-like arms,\u00a0stick legs. We&#8217;ve all\u00a0&#8220;seen&#8221; her. But what about closing your eyes and envisioning a\u00a0 grown &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/born-round-the-secret-history-of-a-full-time-eater-by-frank-bruni\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[511,395,971,2462,2463,38,74],"class_list":["post-12493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","tag-book-reviews","tag-bulimia","tag-eating-disorders","tag-frank-bruni","tag-new-york-times","tag-product-reviews","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12493"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12506,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493\/revisions\/12506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}