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Fat Politics The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic

Paperback • 2006 • English

Fat Politics The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic

By J. Eric Oliver

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About the book

It seems almost daily we read newspaper articles and watch news reports exposing the growing epidemic of obesity in America. Our government tells us we are experiencing a major health crisis, with sixty percent of Americans classified as overweight, and one in four as obese. But how valid are these claims? In Fat Politics, J. Eric Oliver shows how a handful of doctors, government bureaucrats, and health researchers, with financial backing from the drug and weight-loss industries, have campaigned...Show more

Therapy and therapeutics
Obesity: treatment and therapy
Narrative theme: Health and illness

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9780195313208

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Fat Politics The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic

Format

Paperback

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