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The healthy skeptic : cutting through the hype about your health /

"The Healthy Skeptic explores who the health promoters are - from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists - what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ways we often don't recognize. Robert J. Davis, a health reporter who holds a master'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Robert J., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The Healthy Skeptic explores who the health promoters are - from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists - what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ways we often don't recognize. Robert J. Davis, a health reporter who holds a master's degree in public health and a PhD. in health policy, digs into the science and debunks widely promoted myths and misconceptions about a variety of issues, including cholesterol, sunscreen, superfoods, weight loss, vitamins, disease screening, harmful chemicals, and antiaging remedies."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (243 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-230) and index.
ISBN:9780520933231
0520933230