Children’s Book About Dieting Causing Controversy
It’s not due in bookstores until October, but Paul Kramer’s book, “Maggie Goes On a Diet” is already making headlines.
The already-controversial book, about an overweight 14-year-old girl who goes on a diet and has a life transformation, has some parents in an uproar and calling for a boycott on a book that they think could promote eating disorders.
According to the book’s description, the “fat” Maggie endures teasing and ridicule from her classmates. Enter the “thin” Maggie and you’ve got popular school soccer star.
But the author of the book told “Good Morning America” that his intention was that kids would make healthy choices after reading his book.
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