Fat politics the real story behind America's obesity epidemic

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...

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1. Verfasser: Oliver, J. Eric (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Oxford University Press 2006
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Zusammenfassung: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.
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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-219) and index
Beschreibung:xi, 228 p
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24 cm
ISBN:9780195169362
978-0-19-516936-2
0195169360
0-19-516936-0