| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-219) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Obesity -- United States.
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Obesity. |
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United States. |
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Obesity. |
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Health. |
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Health Policy. |
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Prejudice. |
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Social Perception. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Oliver, J. Eric, 1966- Fat politics. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0195169360 (DLC) 2005012983 (OCoLC)60348894 |
| ISBN |
9780195347029 (electronic book) |
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0195347021 (electronic book) |
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142374666X (electronic book) |
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9781423746669 (electronic book) |
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1280564482 |
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9781280564482 |
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9780195169362 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0195169360 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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