“As the world adores slimness, Slim Chance Fat Hope provides a fresh look about slimness from different perspectives in the Singapore context. The down-to-earth analyses and viewpoints presented by medical doctors, scientists, psychiatrists, lawyers, social scientists, journalists, etc., are as delicious as different types of Godiva chocolates that leave you wanting more. The multi-disciplinary approach to discuss the issue of slimness is as tasty as foie gras that makes you feel good to be your good self. Just like the way I gobble Fauchon ice cream, this book is a page turner that you cannot stop once you start reading. After I finished reading Catherine Tay's Slim Chance Fat Hope, I am convinced that inner beauty is everlasting while slim-and-fit is a life-long struggle. This book is simply a gourmet delight for those who are interested in being slim or being hefty. This book is a winner!”Christopher Tang
Dean and Cycle and Carriage Professor
Business Administration, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
“I would really like to commend Catherine Tay and her superbly assembled team of relevant experts and significant lay persons for putting in such a very formidable effort to bring to print this excellent and comprehensive book. It helps modern day parents and their teenagers deal with the various aspects of the slimming matter. It would be slim chance & fat hope that this paperback book would not make it onto the must-read booklist of especially parents with teenager kids in Singapore and beyond. I strongly recommend that this book be added onto the shelves of our national and schools' libraries as well as to personal collection too.”Assoc. Prof. (Dr.) Yeo Jin Fei
Chief, Senior Consultant
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore
“This is an excellent book that is timely. It dispels many myths about weight management and gives sound advice and guidelines on body-image healthcare. It is highly readable, pleasant, interesting and amusing at times and definitely informative and instructive, highly recommended.”Clinical Professor (Dr.) Low Cheng Hock
Justice of Peace, President
NHG College
Associate Dean
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Senior Consultant
Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
“There are always hesitation and doubts before a slimming programme but the book will advise us on the correct and healthy ways to achieve it.”Mr. Huang Wenyong
MediaCorp (TV) Artiste
“This is another commendable effort by Assoc. Prof. Catherine Tay. Just fresh from the publication of her book on Infectious Diseases Laws and SARS, she has now turned the Slim 10 episode into another opportunity for public education by bringing together various professionals to write on issues pertinent to the case. Informative and readable, the book should appeal especially to those seeking to know more about obesity, slimming and consumer protection and rights.”Dr. Ang Ah Ling
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Institute of Mental Health / Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore
“The relentless pursuit of thinness by certain members of the population is a very 21st century phenomenon. Slim Chance Fat Hope discusses the medical-psychological-sociological-legal aspects in a readable and down-to-earth manner.”Clinical Assoc. Prof. (Dr.) Wong Kim Eng
Chairman Medical Board
Institute of Mental Health / Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore
“Assoc. Prof. Tay and her team of authors should be commended for producing this excellent book Slim Chance Fat Hope. This comprehensive book on obesity, presents the Dos and Don'ts to slimming. The book delves into the definition of obesity and the human perception and obsession of attaining a slim figure which equates to beauty. It has resulted in people indulging in slimming. The health hazards of slimming through the injudicious use of slimming pill were well illustrated by the recent Slim 10 saga. The book provides the readers with insights into the medical perspective (including the genetic basis of obesity), consumer rights, the legal perspective in the Slim 10 case the community response and responsibility in healthy lifestyle. Each chapter is written by experts in their own field. This book is a must to those who wish to enter into the journey of body slimming to get an insight of what is in store for them.”Clinical Professor (Dr.) Goh Chee Leok
Medical Director
National Skin Centre, Singapore
“Obesity is becoming increasingly recognised as a public health issue with medical, socioeconomic and cultural implications. This book has succeeded in portraying obesity in its different dimensions and from various perspectives. It completely debunks the myth that obesity is merely cosmetic.”Dr Wee Wei Keong
Director
Health for Life Programme, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
“I do not envy the woman of today — having to juggle the multiple roles of wife, companion, mother, wage-earner, cook, cleaner, and in addition having the responsibility to keep the flames of marital bliss alive by maintaining her pre-nuptial figure. No wonder so many women have succumbed to the various slimming ads and fads. Triggered by the Slim 10 incident, this book comprehensively examines the issues related to anorexia, obesity and slimming. Although it is a multi-authored book, the topics are strung together in a cohesive manner and flow naturally with an easy-to-read writing style. My congratulations to the editor, Catherine Tay, and the publisher for coming out with this timely and very interesting publication.”Prof. (Dr.) Lee Eng Hin
Director
Division of Graduate Medical Studies
Faculty of Medicine and Former Dean of Medical Faculty
National University of Singapore
“There is no perfect body. God gave us different shapes, sizes and weights. The fat and also thin people will always be spending money to strive to remain slim, their whole life. This is well illustrated in this book.”Assoc. Prof. (Dr.) Giam Yoke Chin
Senior Consultant Dermatologist
National Skin Centre, Singapore
“Slim Chance Fat Hope provides an in-depth look into the current issues of obesity, slimming, and the social attitudes towards these topics in Singapore. The varied inputs by members of the medical, legal, and social science fraternities, provide both factual, as well as personal insights, which make for an interesting read.”Dr. Tan Huay Cheem
Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Clinical Director, Chief
Coronary Intervention, Cardiac Department, National University Hospital Singapore
“A must read book for all who are considering a weight management plan!”Dr. Alphonsus Tay
Partner- Apollonia Dental Surgery
Singapore
“Slim Chance Fat Hope aptly describes a weighty problem that has tormented many youths and young adults from all walks of life. Catherine Tay has been able to collate in this very readable book, opinions of different professionals. This is a simple yet comprehensive and holistic book on the subject. Well done.”Dr. Lionel Lim
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
L P Clinic Pte Ltd, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore
“Obesity is not a cosmetic problem. It is not even a medical problem. It is a human problem for it encompasses political, cultural, economic, legal, social and behavioural dimensions. Therefore this multi-authored book entitled Slim Chance Fat Hope edited by Assoc. Prof. Catherine Tay is not only timely but is just ‘ what the doctor ordered’. Driven by the Slim 10 tragedy which need not have happened at all if our people are more health-literate, it is the only book I know on obesity that addresses all these topics in a clear and readable style in a single volume. I enjoy in particular reading the interviews with Moses Lim and Hossan Leong, two actors with very different proportions but both accepting what they are. It is not necessary to look like any of the glamour queens in Caldecott Hill or Hollywood to be healthy. If you are obese lose up to 10–15% of your present weight over 6–12 months and you will reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and knee arthritis by one-third. Everyone can do this with the help of a dietician and a supportive family. Learn what to eat and what to avoid and how to cook. Never feel miserable while you are on a diet or else it is not going to work long term. Always accompany a weight loss programme with some form of moderate exercise. Such common-sense pearls of wisdom are found scattered in the book. Read it for it may save your life.”Prof. Feng Pao Hsii
Emeritus Consultant Physician/Rheumatologist, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Medical Faculty
National University of Singapore
