Fat-Talk Nation : : The Human Costs of America's War on Fat / / Susan Greenhalgh.
In recent decades, America has been waging a veritable war on fat in which not just public health authorities, but every sector of society is engaged in constant "fat talk" aimed at educating, badgering, and ridiculing heavy people into shedding pounds. We hear a great deal about the dange...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 11 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part 1. The Politics and Culture of Fat in America
- 1. A Biocitizenship Society to Fight Fat
- 2. Creating Thin, Fit Bodies
- Part 2. My BMI, My Self
- 3. "Obese"
- 4. "Overweight"
- 5. "Underweight"
- 6. "Normal"
- Part 3. Uncharted Costs and Unreachable Goals
- 7. Physical and Mental Health At Risk
- 8. Families and Relationships Unhinged
- 9. Does Biocitizenship Help the Very Fat?
- Part 4. What Now?
- 10. Social Justice and the End of the War on Fat
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index