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Jacobs, A. J.
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A. J. Jacobs is an American journalist, author, and lecturer known for lifestyle experiments, including an extensive personal exploration of health practices.
Biography
Arnold Stephen Jacobs Jr., commonly known as A. J. Jacobs, is an American journalist, author, and lecturer born on March 20, 1968. He is an editor at large for Esquire and has worked for the Antioch Daily Ledger and Entertainment Weekly. His writing is best known for its focus on lifestyle experiments.
His books include The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-It-All, and Drop Dead Healthy. In Drop Dead Healthy, Jacobs pursued the ambition of becoming as healthy as possible. He consulted medical advisers and tested exercise routines, diets, and practices intended to improve different aspects of his health. The project explored conflicting health advice through personal experimentation and humor, while examining cultural assumptions about health, the body, and mortality.
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Books by Jacobs, A. J.
Drop dead healthy
Drop Dead Healthy follows Jacobs's comedic effort to live as healthfully as possible by consulting medical advisers and testing diets, exercises, and other health practices. It explores contradictory advice and cultural preoccupations with health while inviting reflection on the body and mortality.