Killer fat [electronic resource] : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" / Natalie Boero.
Material type: TextSeries: 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
- 369.196/398 23
- RC552.O25 B64 2012
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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