Killer Fat Media, Medicine, and Morals in the American Obesity Epidemic

Name: Killer Fat Media, Medicine, and Morals in the American Obesity Epidemic
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ISBN: 9780813564852

ISBN-10: 0813564859

ISBN-13: 9780813564852

Edition: 2013

Authors: Natalie Boero, Peter Mickulas

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In the past decade, obesity has emerged as a major public health concern in the United States and abroad. At the federal, state, and local level, policy makers have begun drafting a range of policies to fight a war against fat, including body-mass index (BMI) report cards, “snack taxes,” and laws to control how fast food companies market to children. As an epidemic, obesity threatens to weaken the health, economy, and might of the most powerful nation in the world.In Killer Fat, Natalie Boero examines how and why obesity emerged as a major public health concern and national obsession in recent years. Using primary sources and in-depth interviews, Boero enters the world of bariatric…

Book details

List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 8/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English