Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity EpidemicOxford University Press, 15.11.2005 - 240 Seiten It seems almost daily we read newspaper articles and watch news reports exposing the growing epidemic of obesity in America. Our government tells us we are experiencing a major health crisis, with sixty percent of Americans classified as overweight, and one in four as obese. But how valid are these claims? In Fat Politics, J. Eric Oliver shows how a handful of doctors, government bureaucrats, and health researchers, with financial backing from the drug and weight-loss industries, have campaigned to create standards that mislead the public. They mislabel more than sixty million Americans as "overweight," inflate the health risks of being fat, and promote the idea that obesity is a killer disease. In reviewing the scientific evidence, Oliver shows there is little proof that obesity causes so much disease and death or that losing weight is what makes people healthier. Our concern with obesity, he writes, is fueled more by social prejudice, bureaucratic politics, and industry profit than by scientific fact. Misinformation pushes millions of Americans towards dangerous surgeries, crash diets, and harmful diet drugs, while we ignore other, more real health problems. Oliver goes on to examine why it is that Americans despise fatness and explores why, despite this revulsion, we continue to gain weight. Fat Politics will topple your most basic assumptions about obesity and health. It is essential reading for anyone with a stake in the nation's--or their own--good health. |
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... perspective on this issue than anyone; she is also one of the most courageous people I've ever met. Lynn taught me a lot about speaking truth to power. I also enjoyed tremendous support from a number of nonprofit organizations including ...
... perspective on this issue than anyone; she is also one of the most courageous people I've ever met. Lynn taught me a lot about speaking truth to power. I also enjoyed tremendous support from a number of nonprofit organizations including ...
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... perspectives is a paternalistic condescension toward fatness and fat people—not only do people with this view assume that fatness is inherently bad, but they also presuppose that fat people (that is, minorities and the poor) are too ...
... perspectives is a paternalistic condescension toward fatness and fat people—not only do people with this view assume that fatness is inherently bad, but they also presuppose that fat people (that is, minorities and the poor) are too ...
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... perspective, fatness is simply a protective mechanism against an irregular food supply. Our fat cells are the places where our bodies store energy for times when food is unavailable or when we are too busy or active to eat. Because ...
... perspective, fatness is simply a protective mechanism against an irregular food supply. Our fat cells are the places where our bodies store energy for times when food is unavailable or when we are too busy or active to eat. Because ...
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... perspective, the origins of America's growing metabolic problems, as well as its increasing weight, ultimately derive from its very core principles. The American credo of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is about giving us ...
... perspective, the origins of America's growing metabolic problems, as well as its increasing weight, ultimately derive from its very core principles. The American credo of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is about giving us ...
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... perspective, however, may be our greatest challenge. Our body weight and fatness are uniquely powerful symbols for us—something we feel we should be able to control but that often we can't. As a result, obesity has become akin to a ...
... perspective, however, may be our greatest challenge. Our body weight and fatness are uniquely powerful symbols for us—something we feel we should be able to control but that often we can't. As a result, obesity has become akin to a ...
Inhalt
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How Obesity Became an Epidemic Disease | 36 |
Why We Hate Fat People | 60 |
Women Fat and the Sexual Market | 79 |
Fat Genes and the Obesity Blame Game | 100 |
Food and Weight Gain Super Sized Misperceptions | 122 |
Sloth Capitalism and the Paradox of Freedom | 143 |
Obesity Policy The Fix Is In | 159 |
Unmaking the Obesity Epidemic | 181 |
Notes | 191 |
Index | 220 |
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