LEADER 03403oam 2200625I 450 001 9910807230103321 005 20230126205433.0 010 $a1-134-00969-0 010 $a1-134-00970-4 010 $a1-283-04562-1 010 $a9786613045621 010 $a0-203-88119-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203881194 035 $a(CKB)2560000000058426 035 $a(EBL)667840 035 $a(OCoLC)701718518 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000468787 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12222455 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468787 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10498406 035 $a(PQKB)11048540 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC667840 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL667840 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10446856 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304562 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000058426 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#---uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe end of the obesity epidemic /$fMichael Gard 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-48988-1 311 $a0-415-48987-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 The beginning is the end; An obituary; Towards a history; Friend or enemy?; The end?; The end of consensus; 2 Worse than global warming; When too many deaths are barely enough; How big?; How bad?; How many?; How fast?; 3 The inconvenience of good news; North America; England and Scotland; Europe; New Zealand; Australia; The beginning of the end; 4 The view from outside; The United States; England; New Zealand; Australia; Dogs and monsters; 5 The obvious solution; What doesn't work?; Simple or complex? 327 $aAnti-obesity policies and school employeesAnti-obesity policies and students; Avoiding the most important question; 6 Defenders of the truth; About truth; Letting science speak; Obesity and the market; The hard men; Footnotes; 7 Power and theory; Ideological foundations; Accepting fatness; New age feminism; Neo-liberal bodies; Enemies and friends; Who killed medicine?; The poverty of moral critique; 8 The challenge of thinking well; References; Index 330 $aDespite apocalyptic predictions from a vocal alliance of health professionals, politicians and social commentators that rising obesity levels would lead to a global health crisis, the crisis has not materialised. In this provocative follow up to his classic work of obesity scepticism, The Obesity Epidemic, Michael Gard argues that we have entered into a new, and perhaps terminal, phase of the obesity debate.Evidence suggests that obesity rates are levelling off in Western societies, life expectancies continue to rise in line with rising obesity rates, and across the world po 606 $aObesity$xEpidemiology 606 $aObesity$xSocial aspects 615 0$aObesity$xEpidemiology. 615 0$aObesity$xSocial aspects. 676 $a362.196/398 700 $aGard$b Michael$f1965-,$0965888 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807230103321 996 $aThe end of the obesity epidemic$94124105 997 $aUNINA