Losing weight has become the modern woman's holy grail.. .everything will be better when we're thin. We're obsessed with weight we dislike our bodies we worry about the food we eat we feel guilty we diet... Too many of us are locked into a war with our own bodies which we'll never win & which will never make us happy. The Ministry of Thin takes a controversial unflinching look at how the modern obsession with weight loss youth beauty & perfection got out of control. Emma Woolf author of An Apple a Day explores how we might all be able to stop hating & start liking our own bodies again. & she dares to ask: if losing weight is the answer what is the question?