Fighting Fat : Canada, 1920-1980 /

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Fighting Fat is a comprehensive study of approaches to obesity from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. It examines the health professions use of the word 'obesity', how it was measured, its causes, and treatments. It examines popular cultures view of the obese and its effect on those who were fat.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mitchinson, Wendy (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Übergewicht
Ernährungswissenschaft
Diät
Overweight persons.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Obesity > Psychological aspects.
Obesity.
Discrimination against overweight persons.
HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Personnes en surpoids > Canada > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Personnes en surpoids > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Obesite > Aspect social > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Obesite > Canada > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Discrimination à l'egard des personnes en surpoids > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Obesite > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Obesity > history
Overweight persons > Canada > Social conditions > 20th century.
Overweight persons > Canada > History > 20th century.
Obesity > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
Obesity > Canada > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century.
Discrimination against overweight persons > Canada > History > 20th century.
Obesity > Canada > History > 20th century.
Kanada
Canada.
Canada
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Nutrition Policy: "Dietetic Missionaries"; 2 About Obesity; 3 Causes of Obesity; 4 Treatment: "Stubbornly Resistant"; 5 "Dietary Drugland" and Surgery; 6 Infant, Child, and Teen Obesity; 7 Body Image; 8 Narratives of Fat Canadians; Epilogue; Notes on Sources; Journal Abbreviations; Notes; Index

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