Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic"

Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" / Natalie Boero.

Killer Fat 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 surgeries, Weight Watchers, and Overeaters Anonymous to show how common expectations of what bod...

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Main Author: Boero, Natalie, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Obesity > Social aspects > United States.
Obesity > United States > Psychological aspects.
Health in mass media.
Body image.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Body image
Health in mass media
Obesity > Psychological aspects
Obesity > Social aspects
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Obesity as a "leading health indicator": public health, moral entrepreneurs, and a confluence of interests
  • All the news that's fat to print: the American "obesity epidemic" and the media
  • Normative pathology and unique disease: Weight Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous, and behavioral treatments for the obesity epidemic
  • Bypassing blame: bariatric surgery, normative femininity, and the case of biomedical failure
  • Conclusion: health at every size or thin at any price?

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