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UNINA9910703215903321 |
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Autore |
Gard Michael |
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Titolo |
Obesity Epidemic : Science, Morality and Ideology |
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London, : Routledge, 2004 |
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[Atlanta, GA] : , : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, , [2011] |
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ISBN |
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1-134-36564-0 |
1-134-36565-9 |
9786610099825 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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614.5/9398 |
614.59398614.59398 |
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Soggetti |
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Health in mass media |
Obesity |
Social Science |
Health |
Medicine |
Documentary films. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Science and fatness; The war on obesity; The ghost of a machine; 'Modernity's scourge': a brief history of obesity science; Fat or fiction: weighing the 'obesity epidemic'; The search for a cause; Obesity science for the people; Feminism and the 'obesity epidemic'; Interrogating expert knowledge: risk and the ethics of body weight; Beyond body weight; References; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Obesity associated with declining levels of physical activity is now a critical theme in health and exercise. This controversial book suggests the scientific community may have been complacent in its analysis of the crisis, and provides thorough and |
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