Fat politics : the real story behind America's obesity epidemic / J. Eric Oliver.

  • Oliver, J. Eric, 1966-
Date:
2006
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Physical description

xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-219) and index.

Contents

What is fat? -- How obesity became an epidemic disease -- Why we hate fat people -- Women, fat, and the sexual market -- Fat genes and the obesity blame game -- Food and weight gain: super sized misperceptions -- Sloth, capitalism, and the paradox of freedom -- Obesity policy: the fix is in -- Unmaking the obesity epidemic.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FDY.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0195169360