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020 _a9780813553726
020 _a0813553725
020 _z9780813553719 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _z0813553717
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
_dBD-SySUS.
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050 0 0 _aRC552.O25
_bB64 2012
082 0 0 _a369.196/398
_223
100 1 _aBoero, Natalie,
_d1974-
245 1 0 _aKiller fat
_h[electronic resource] :
_bmedia, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" /
_cNatalie Boero.
260 _aNew Brunswick, N.J. :
_bRutgers University Press,
_cc2012.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (192 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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?
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aBody image.
650 0 _aHealth in mass media.
650 0 _aObesity
_zUnited States
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aObesity
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813553726/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c35274
_d35274