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Fat politics [electronic resource] : the real story behind America's obesity epidemic / J. Eric Oliver.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 614.5/9398 22
LOC classification:
  • RA645.O23 O45 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
What is fat? -- How obesity became an epidemic disease -- Why we hate fat people -- Women, fat, and the sexual market -- Fat genes and the obesity blame game -- Food and weight gain: super sized misperceptions -- Sloth, capitalism, and the paradox of freedom -- Obesity policy: the fix is in -- Unmaking the obesity epidemic.
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E-Book Taylor's Library-TU 614.5/9398 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) e-book

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-219) and index.

What is fat? -- How obesity became an epidemic disease -- Why we hate fat people -- Women, fat, and the sexual market -- Fat genes and the obesity blame game -- Food and weight gain: super sized misperceptions -- Sloth, capitalism, and the paradox of freedom -- Obesity policy: the fix is in -- Unmaking the obesity epidemic.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.