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

Title: Killer fat [electronic resource] : media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" / Natalie Boero.
Author: Boero, Natalie, 1974-
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

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1 online resource (xi, 176 p.)

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Killer fat (Online)

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Killer fat (Online)

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Includes bibliographical references ( p. 161-169) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

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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