Fat-Talk Nation : The Human Costs of America's War on Fat /

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In recent decades, America has been waging a veritable war on fat in which not just public health authorities, but every sector of society is engaged in constant "fat talk" aimed at educating, badgering, and ridiculing heavy people into shedding pounds. We hear a great deal about the dange...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Greenhalgh, Susan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Übergewicht
Kritik
Gesundheitspolitik
Ernährung
Weight loss > Social aspects.
Weight loss.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
Jeunes adultes.
Indice de masse corporelle.
Perte de poids.
Perte de poids > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Perte de poids > États-Unis.
Young Adult
Bullying
Body Mass Index
Body Image > psychology
Adolescent
Weight Loss
Overweight > psychology
Young adults.
Body mass index.
Weight loss > Social aspects > United States.
Weight loss > United States.
USA.
United States.
United States
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The politics and culture of fat in America
  • A biocitizenship society to fight fat
  • Creating thin, fit bodies : the view from SoCal
  • My BMI, my self. Obese
  • Overweight
  • Underweight
  • Normal
  • Uncharted costs and unreachable goals
  • Physical and mental health at risk
  • Families and relationships unhinged
  • Does biocitizenship help the very fat?
  • What now?. Social justice and the end of the war on fat.

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