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



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Autore: Davis Robert J. <1963-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The healthy skeptic [[electronic resource] ] : cutting through the hype about your health / / Robert J. Davis Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-93323-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779541603321
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