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    Virginia Sole-Smith

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    Virginia Sole-Smith is the author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America, and writes the newsletter Burnt Toast.

    Latest articles by Virginia Sole-Smith

    Can you be Heavy and Healthy?

    Are BMI charts a load of BS? New research shows good health may have nothing to do with your body mass index.

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      The Price of Beauty

      Deep-pore extractions with your facial? A callus mask for your heels? Virginia Sole-Smith signs up for beauty school and learns how to sell — and dodge — the dreaded sales pitch at the spa.

      By Virginia Sole-Smith Published 22 April 11

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