02390nam 22006134a 450 991080938070332120200520144314.00-19-983911-51-280-56448-297866105644840-19-534702-11-4237-4666-X(CKB)1000000000398775(EBL)280927(OCoLC)94963565(SSID)ssj0000153656(PQKBManifestationID)11147439(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153656(PQKBWorkID)10405415(PQKB)10070517(MiAaPQ)EBC280927(Au-PeEL)EBL280927(CaPaEBR)ebr10233602(CaONFJC)MIL56448(OCoLC)60348894(FINmELB)ELB166202(EXLCZ)99100000000039877520050504d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFat politics the real story behind America's obesity epidemic /J. Eric Oliver1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-531320-8 0-19-516936-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-219) and index.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.Presenting the story of America's obesity epidemic, this book examines the political forces that shape America's obesity 'epidemic'. It argues that the concern with obesity is based less in science and more in the financial interests of the health care system. It concludes that the obesity epidemic is symptomatic of some larger contradictions.ObesityUnited StatesObesity614.5/9398Oliver J. Eric1966-1626875MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809380703321Fat politics3963175UNINA