The Resource Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic", Natalie Boero
Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic", Natalie Boero
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The item Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic", Natalie Boero represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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 bodies are supposed to look like help to determine what sorts of interventions and policies are considered urgent in containing this new kind of disease
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- 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?
- Isbn
- 9780813553726
- Label
- Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic"
- Title
- Killer fat
- Title remainder
- media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic"
- Statement of responsibility
- Natalie Boero
- Subject
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- Body Image
- Body image
- Body image
- Electronic books
- Health in mass media
- Health in mass media
- Obesity -- Psychological aspects
- Obesity -- Social aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- United States
- United States
- Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States
- Obesity -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Obesity -- psychology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 bodies are supposed to look like help to determine what sorts of interventions and policies are considered urgent in containing this new kind of disease
- Cataloging source
- CDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1974-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boero, Natalie
- Dewey number
- 369.196/398
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC552.O25
- LC item number
- B64 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WD 210
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Obesity
- Obesity
- Health in mass media
- Body image
- Obesity
- Body Image
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Body image
- Health in mass media
- Obesity
- Obesity
- United States
- Label
- Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic", Natalie Boero
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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?
- Control code
- 814694084
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813553726
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 400031
- 22573/ctt4jtj9t
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)814694084
- Label
- Killer fat : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic", Natalie Boero
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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?
- Control code
- 814694084
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813553726
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 400031
- 22573/ctt4jtj9t
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)814694084
Subject
- Body Image
- Body image
- Body image
- Electronic books
- Health in mass media
- Health in mass media
- Obesity -- Psychological aspects
- Obesity -- Social aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- United States
- United States
- Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States
- Obesity -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Obesity -- psychology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
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