The obesity epidemic :
Gard, Michael.
The obesity epidemic : science, morality, and ideology / Michael Gard and Jan Wright. - 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-209) and index.
1. Science and Fatness 2. The War on Obesity 3. The Ghost of a Machine 4. 'Modernity's Scourge': A brief history of obesity science 5. Fat or Fiction: Weighing in the 'obesity epidemic' 6. The search for a cause 7. Obesity Science for the People 8. Feminism and the 'obesity epidemic' 9. Interrogating expert knowledge: risk and the ethics of body weight 10. Beyond Body Weight
In a broad ranging review of current thinking on obesity, the authors criticise much of the existing research for being biased by ideological & moral assumptions.
9780415318969 (pbk.) 0415318955 (hbk.) 0415318963 (pbk.)
Obesity.
Obesity--Social aspects.
Health in mass media.
Obesity--Psychology.
Obesity--Epidemiology.
Social desirability.
614.59398 GAR / 013026
The obesity epidemic : science, morality, and ideology / Michael Gard and Jan Wright. - 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-209) and index.
1. Science and Fatness 2. The War on Obesity 3. The Ghost of a Machine 4. 'Modernity's Scourge': A brief history of obesity science 5. Fat or Fiction: Weighing in the 'obesity epidemic' 6. The search for a cause 7. Obesity Science for the People 8. Feminism and the 'obesity epidemic' 9. Interrogating expert knowledge: risk and the ethics of body weight 10. Beyond Body Weight
In a broad ranging review of current thinking on obesity, the authors criticise much of the existing research for being biased by ideological & moral assumptions.
9780415318969 (pbk.) 0415318955 (hbk.) 0415318963 (pbk.)
Obesity.
Obesity--Social aspects.
Health in mass media.
Obesity--Psychology.
Obesity--Epidemiology.
Social desirability.
614.59398 GAR / 013026