Fat politics the real story behind America's obesity epidemic - Oliver, J. Eric, 1966- (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-219) and index.
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Keywords: Obesity -- United States; Electronic books