Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity EpidemicOxford University Press, 15/11/2005 - 240 páginas 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 to create standards that mislead the public. They mislabel more than sixty million Americans as "overweight," inflate the health risks of being fat, and promote the idea that obesity is a killer disease. In reviewing the scientific evidence, Oliver shows there is little proof that obesity causes so much disease and death or that losing weight is what makes people healthier. Our concern with obesity, he writes, is fueled more by social prejudice, bureaucratic politics, and industry profit than by scientific fact. Misinformation pushes millions of Americans towards dangerous surgeries, crash diets, and harmful diet drugs, while we ignore other, more real health problems. Oliver goes on to examine why it is that Americans despise fatness and explores why, despite this revulsion, we continue to gain weight. Fat Politics will topple your most basic assumptions about obesity and health. It is essential reading for anyone with a stake in the nation's--or their own--good health. |
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The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic J. Eric Oliver. Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that ... obesity epidemic / J. Eric Oliver. p.;cm.ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516936-2 ISBN-10: 0-19-516936-0 1. Obesity—United States ...
The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic J. Eric Oliver. Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that ... obesity epidemic / J. Eric Oliver. p.;cm.ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516936-2 ISBN-10: 0-19-516936-0 1. Obesity—United States ...
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... obesity and its catastrophic consequences. I became intrigued and soon had all sorts of questions about how the “obesity epidemic” might be handled as a political issue. Yet when I went to look for some answers to these questions, I ...
... obesity and its catastrophic consequences. I became intrigued and soon had all sorts of questions about how the “obesity epidemic” might be handled as a political issue. Yet when I went to look for some answers to these questions, I ...
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... obesity epidemic, I would have to come to terms with what was making me so judgmental against fat people. Once again, I was fortunate, and I came into contact with many generous activists including Jennifer Portnick, Marilyn Wann, and ...
... obesity epidemic, I would have to come to terms with what was making me so judgmental against fat people. Once again, I was fortunate, and I came into contact with many generous activists including Jennifer Portnick, Marilyn Wann, and ...
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... obesity and in the United States it has become, by most accounts, a full-scale epidemic. This certainly seems to be borne out by the statistics: in 1980, only about a third of Americans were considered overweight and only 13 percent ...
... obesity and in the United States it has become, by most accounts, a full-scale epidemic. This certainly seems to be borne out by the statistics: in 1980, only about a third of Americans were considered overweight and only 13 percent ...
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The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic J. Eric Oliver. our appearance and weight, it is perfectly logical to assume that our growing obesity portends a national health catastrophe. But if you suspend all these preconceptions ...
The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic J. Eric Oliver. our appearance and weight, it is perfectly logical to assume that our growing obesity portends a national health catastrophe. But if you suspend all these preconceptions ...
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How Obesity Became an Epidemic Disease | 36 |
Why We Hate Fat People | 60 |
Women Fat and the Sexual Market | 79 |
Fat Genes and the Obesity Blame Game | 100 |
Food and Weight Gain Super Sized Misperceptions | 122 |
Sloth Capitalism and the Paradox of Freedom | 143 |
Obesity Policy The Fix Is In | 159 |
Unmaking the Obesity Epidemic | 181 |
Notes | 191 |
Index | 220 |
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