| Description |
1 online resource (243 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : health sellers -- Says who? how we know what (we think) we know -- The news media : eat this! -- Diet books : don't eat that! -- Advertisements : take a supplement! -- Government campaigns : watch your cholesterol! -- Celebrities : get tested! -- Health groups : wear sunscreen! -- Consumer activists : beware of chemicals! -- Anti-aging doctors : don't get sick, don't get old, don't die! -- Guaranteed! over-promising on prevention. |
| Summary |
"The Healthy Skeptic explores who the health promoters are - from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists - what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ways we often don't recognize. Robert J. Davis, a health reporter who holds a master's degree in public health and a PhD. in health policy, digs into the science and debunks widely promoted myths and misconceptions about a variety of issues, including cholesterol, sunscreen, superfoods, weight loss, vitamins, disease screening, harmful chemicals, and antiaging remedies."--Jacket |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Health education.
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Health education. |
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Consumer education.
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Consumer education. |
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Health products.
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Health products. |
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Quacks and quackery.
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Quacks and quackery. |
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Health -- Information services.
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Health -- Information services. |
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. |
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Health. |
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The healthy skeptic Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. 9780520249189 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2007037341 |
| ISBN |
9780520933231 ebook |
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0520933230 |
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9780520249189 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520249186 cloth alkaline paper |
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