Killer Fat : Media, Medicine, and Morals in the American "Obesity Epidemic" /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boero, Natalie, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Body image.
Health in mass media.
Obesity > United States > Psychological aspects.
Obesity > Social aspects > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Obesity as a "leading health indicator": public health, moral entrepreneurs, and a confluence of interests
  • All the news that's fat to print: the American "obesity epidemic" and the media
  • Normative pathology and unique disease: Weight Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous, and behavioral treatments for the obesity epidemic
  • Bypassing blame: bariatric surgery, normative femininity, and the case of biomedical failure
  • Conclusion: health at every size or thin at any price?

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