Killer fat
Boero, Natalie, 1974-
Killer fat media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" / [electronic resource] : Natalie Boero. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (192 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
9780813553726 0813553725
Body image.
Health in mass media.
Obesity--Psychological aspects.--United States
Obesity--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic books.
RC552.O25 / B64 2012
369.196/398
Killer fat media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" / [electronic resource] : Natalie Boero. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (192 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
9780813553726 0813553725
Body image.
Health in mass media.
Obesity--Psychological aspects.--United States
Obesity--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic books.
RC552.O25 / B64 2012
369.196/398