Fat politics the real story behind America's obesity epidemic /

Main Author: Oliver, J. Eric, 1966-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10233602
Table of Contents:
  • 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.