| Description |
xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Problem frames -- Blame frames -- Fashioning frames -- Frames' effects -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
What's Wrong with Fat? presents each of the various ways in which fat is understood in America today, examining the implications of understanding fatness as a health risk, disease, and epidemic, and revealing why we've come to understand the issue in these terms, despite considerable scientific uncertainty and debate. Saguy shows how debates over the relationship between body size and health risk take place within a larger, though often invisible, contest over whether we should understand fatness as obesity at all. Moreover, she reveals that public discussions of the "obesity crisis" do more harm than good, leading to bullying, weight-based discrimination, and misdiagnoses." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Social aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780199857081 alkaline paper |
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0199857083 alkaline paper |
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