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We cannot escape our bodies. So how do we reconcile them with who we really are?\n\nSam Anderson, a staff writer, considers this particular conundrum of the human condition by recounting his lifelong struggle to maintain a healthy weight: his teenage triumph over the \u201clegendary snacker\u201d he was in middle school, the slow creep of the pounds in early adulthood, and the pandemic\u2019s expansive effect on his waistline.\n\nAnderson also explores what it takes to monitor food consumption, the linguistic legacy of 1980s diet culture, the curse of intergenerational weight problems, the natural limitations of weight-loss efforts and the importance of self-acceptance.