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Killer fat [electronic resource] : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" / Natalie Boero.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780813553726
  • 0813553725
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 369.196/398 23
LOC classification:
  • RC552.O25 B64 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
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?
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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?

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