Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture
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According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple perspectives on the fat body, not all of which view obesity as a health hazard. Alongside public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advertisers of the fashion-beauty complex, food industry advocates at the Center...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813560918
ISBN13:9780813560915
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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