| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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? |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Obesity -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Health in mass media.
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Body image.
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| Added Author |
Ebooks Corporation
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| Related To |
Original 9780813553719 0813553717 0813553725 (DLC) 2011046939 |
| ISBN |
0813553725 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813553726 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813553719 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0813553717 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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