The healthy skeptic [[electronic resource] ] : cutting through the hype about your health / / Robert J. Davis

• Autore: Davis Robert J. <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 613
• Soggetto topico: Health education; Consumer education; Health products; Quacks and quackery; Health - Information services
• Soggetto non controllato: antichemical activities; critical thinking; culinary; diet and exercise; emotional rollercoaster; food lovers; health and fitness; health and longevity; health promoters; health reporter; health; healthcare myths; healthy living; hopeful stories; humanity; kitchen setting; life lessons; physical wellness; resources; science and math; thinking critically; tips and tools; weight loss
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-230) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : health sellers -- Says who? how we know what (we think) we know -- The news media : eat this! -- Diet books : don't eat that! -- Advertisements : take a supplement! -- Government campaigns : watch your cholesterol! -- Celebrities : get tested! -- Health groups : wear sunscreen! -- Consumer activists : beware of chemicals! -- Anti-aging doctors : don't get sick, don't get old, don't die! -- Guaranteed! over-promising on prevention.
• Sommario/riassunto: It happens every day: we pick up a newspaper or magazine or turn on the television and are bombarded with urgent advice about how to stay healthy. Lose weight! Lower your cholesterol! Early detection saves lives! Sunscreen prevents cancer! But in many cases, pronouncements we rarely think to question turn out to be half-truths that are being pushed by various individuals or groups to advance their own agendas. The Healthy Skeptic explores who these health promoters are-from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists-what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ways we often don't realize. This treasure trove of little-known facts, written by a seasoned health reporter, provides invaluable tips, tools, and resources to help readers think more critically about what they're being told. Becoming a healthy skeptic is vital, Davis argues, because following the right advice can have a profound impact on overall health and longevity. IN TEN ENTERTAINING CHAPTERS, ROBERT J. DAVIS DISCUSSES: * Diets and why they don't work* Dietary supplements * The campaign to reduce cholesterol * Celebrity exhortations to "get tested" * Sunscreen and its promoters' claims * The antichemical activists
• Titolo autorizzato: The healthy skeptic
• ISBN: 0-520-93323-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779541603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II