Background
Kolata was born Gina Bari in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari, was of Jewish descent. And her father, Arthur Bari, a diamond setter, is of Italian heritage.
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In this eye-opening report, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Kolata's account of four determined dieters in a study comparing the Atkins diet to a low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, and of the place of diets in American society. Brimming with anecdote, scientific data, and common sense, Rethinking Thin offers a challenge to the conventional wisdom about diets and weight loss.
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From the highly acclaimed New York Times science writer Gina Kolata, the book for people who love exercise as much as they value the truth. In Ultimate Fitness, Gina Kolata, science reporter for The New York Times, takes a fascinating journey into the fads, fictions, and genuine innovations that have defined the world of physical fitness. From weight lifting for men and women in the early days, to jogging in the 1970s, cycling in the 1980s, aerobics in the 1990s, and now Spinning, Kolata explains the science of conditioning and the objective evidence behind commonly accepted prescriptions. Ultimate Fitness is also a book about the individuals who have challenged and influenced or failed to influence the industry, and the many of us who have participated in this multimillion-dollar corner of American culture.
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Kolata was born Gina Bari in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari, was of Jewish descent. And her father, Arthur Bari, a diamond setter, is of Italian heritage.
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, University Maryland, 1969. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. Master of Arts in Applied Mathematics, University Maryland, 1973.
She joined Science magazine as a copy editor in 1973, and wrote for the American Association for the Advancement of Science journal from 1974 until she moved to The New York Times in September 1987. She remains a Health & Science reporter at the newspaper. She is a "self-proclaimed exercise addict (who thinks nothing of a 100-mile bike ride as a reward)," according to a Times advertisement for itself.
Kolata has taught writing as a visiting professor at Princeton University and frequently lectures across the country.
Her husband, William G. Kolata, has taught mathematics and served as the technical director of the non-profit Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Philadelphia, a nonprofit professional society for mathematicians. The couple has two grown children, Therese and Stefan.
Kolata"s book Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused lieutenant was chosen by the Washington State University Common Reading Program in its inaugural year, 2007-2008.
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Coordinator charity dinners So Others Might Eat program, Washington, 1983-1987.
Married William George Kolata. Children: Therese Bari, Stefan Matthew.