Teenage Waistland A Former Fat Kid Weighs In on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help

For five years, Abby Ellin wrote the "Preludes" column, about young people and money, in the Sunday "Money and Business" section of the New York Times. She also regularly writes the "Vows" column in the New York Times Sunday Styles section. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including Time, The Village Voice, Marie Claire, More, Self, Glamour, the Boston Phoenix, and Spy. She's an editor-at-large for Gotham magazine and has an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. But her greatest claim to fame is naming "Karamel Sutra" ice cream for Ben and Jerry's.Ellin, Abby is the author of 'Teenage Waistland A Former Fat Kid Weighs In on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help', published 2005 under ISBN 9781586482282 and ISBN 1586482289.