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Author Gilman, Sander L.

Title Diets and dieting : a cultural encyclopedia / Sander L. Gilman.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (308 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of entries -- Introduction : Some weighty thoughts on dieting and epidemics -- Entries A-Z -- Supplemental resources -- Index.
Entries: Aboulia -- Advertising -- Alternative medicine -- Anorexia -- Atkins, Robert -- Atlas, Charles -- Atwater, Wilbur Olin -- Banting, William -- Bariatric surgery -- Barr, Roseanne -- Beaumont, William -- Beecher, Catharine -- Behavior -- Benedict, Francis Gano -- Binge-eating -- Blood-type diet -- Bodybuilding --- Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme -- Bruch, Hilde -- Bulik, Cynthia -- Butz, Earl -- Byron, George Gordon -- Cabbage soup diet -- Callas, Maria -- Calorie -- Cannon, William Bradford -- Carpenter, Karen -- Celebrities -- Cheyne, George -- Children -- China in the early twentieth century -- China today --- Chittenden, Russell Henry -- Christianity -- Cornaro, Luigi -- Craig, Jenny and Sid -- Davis, Adelle -- Detoxification -- Developing world -- Diana, Princess of Wales-- Disability -- Dublin, Louis -- Eating competitions -- Electrotherapy -- Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Empress of Austria -- Emaciated body images in the media -- Enlightenment dietetics -- Fashion -- Fast food -- Fat assessment in adults -- Fat camps -- Fat-positive -- Fat tax -- Fletcher, Horace -- Flockhart, Calista -- Fogle, Jared -- Fonda, Jane -- Food choice -- Food pyramid -- Franklin, Benjamin -- Friedman, Jeffrey -- Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand -- Genetics -- Globalization -- Gold, Tracy -- Graham, Sylvester -- Greek medicine and dieting -- Grunberger, George -- Gull, William.
Hauser, Gayelord -- Hay, William -- Homeostasis -- Hopkins, Frederick Gowland -- Hormone -- Hormones used in dieting -- Hornby, Lesley (Twiggy) -- Ibn Sina (Avicenna) -- Imes-Jackson, Mo'Nique -- Infectobesity -- Internet -- Israeli, Isaac ben Salomon -- Jews -- Johnson, Samuel -- Kellogg, John Harvey -- Kneipp, Sebastian -- LaLanne, Jack -- Lambert, Daniel -- Leibel, Rudolph -- Lessius, Leonard -- Lindlahr, Henry -- Linn, Robert -- Literature and fat bodies -- Low-fat and fat-free foods -- Luther, Martin -- Macfadden, Bernarr -- McGraw, Phil (Dr. Phil) -- Manheim, Camryn -- Marcé, Louis-Victor -- Mazel, Judy -- Media -- Medical use of dieting -- Medieval diets -- Men -- Metabolism -- Metcalfe, William -- Milk -- t Mitchell, S. Weir -- Monroe, Marilyn -- Morton, Richard -- Murray, George -- Natural man -- Nidetch, Jean -- Noorden, Carl von -- Obesity epidemic -- Obsessive compulsive disorders -- Old age and obesity -- Ornish, Dean -- Paleolithic diet -- Peters, LuLu Hunt -- Pets -- Phytochemicals -- Post, C.W. -- Pregnancy -- Pritikin, Nathan -- Processed foods -- Professionalization of dieting -- Psychotherapy and weight change -- Religion and dieting -- Risks associated with dieting -- Roman medicine and dieting -- Russell, Lillian -- Scales and public weighing -- Schwarzenegger, Arnold -- Self-help -- Sex -- Sexual orientation -- Sigler, Jamie Lynn -- Simmons, Richard -- Sinclair, Upton -- Smoking -- Socioeconomic status -- Southern fat -- Sports -- Spurlock, Morgan -- Stress -- Sugar busters -- Sweeteners -- Taft, William Howard -- Tarnower, Herman -- Thomson, Samuel -- Trall, Russell -- Van Helmont, Johannes -- Vegetarianism -- Very-low-calorie diets -- Weight gain -- Wesley, John -- White, Ellen G. -- Wigmore, Ann -- William the Conqueror -- Winfrey, Oprah -- Zone diet.
Summary From the Publisher: Diets and dieting have concerned-and sometimes obsessed-human societies for centuries. The dieters' regime is about many things, among them the control of weight and the body, the politics of beauty, discipline and even self-harm, personal and societal demands for improved health, spiritual harmony with the universe, and ethical codes of existence. In this innovative reference work that spans many periods and cultures, the acclaimed cultural and medical historian Sander Gilman lays out the history of diets and dieting in a fascinating series of articles.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Diet -- History -- Encyclopedias.
Diet.
History.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
Subject Diet therapy -- History -- Encyclopedias.
Celebrities.
Diet therapy.
Celebrities.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Weight Loss.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Encyclopedias.
Other Form: Print version: Gilman, Sander L. Diets and dieting. New York : Routledge, 2008 9780415974202 0415974208 (DLC) 2007027896 (OCoLC)154886157
ISBN 9780203935507 (electronic book)
0203935500 (electronic book)
9780415974202 (hardback)
0415974208 (hardback)
Standard No. 2584368