Fat politics : the real story behind America's obesity epidemic /
By: Oliver, J. Eric.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195169360 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780195169362:; 9780195169362 (cloth : alk. paper); 0195313208 (pbk.); 9780195313208 (pbk.).Subject(s): Public health | Obesity -- United StatesDDC classification: 614.59398Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-219) and index.
The eye of the beholder -- How obesity became an epidemic disease -- Why we hate fat people -- Fatness, sex and the free market -- Fat genes and the obesity blame game -- Food, fat, and health: super sized misperceptions -- Exercise, weight, and health -- Obesity policy: the fix is in -- Conclusion: unmaking the obesity epidemic.
Presenting the story of America's obesity epidemic, this book examines the political forces that shape America's obesity 'epidemic'. It argues that the concern with obesity is based less in science and more in the financial interests of the health care system. It concludes that the obesity epidemic is symptomatic of some larger contradictions.