The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health

Paul Campos

ISBN 10: 1592400663 / ISBN 13: 9781592400669

Editore: Gotham, 2004

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G1592400663I4N10

Riassunto:

A provocative exposé of America's self-defeating war on obesity challenges conventional wisdom regarding the cultural, medical, and political meaning of weight, arguing against the myth that falsely equates thinness with health and explaining why dieting is bad for the health, how the media misinform the public, and the link between racial and body-based prejudice. 35,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull?autore: A professor of law at the University of Colorado and a nationally recognized expert on AmericaÂ’s war on fat, Paul Campos is the author of a weekly opinion column that appears in more than forty newspapers nationwide. His articles have appeared in The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe.

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Titolo: The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession ...
Casa editrice: Gotham
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket