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Fat Politics : The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic 🔍
J Eric Oliver, 1966- Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press USA, Oxford, 2006
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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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Oliver, J. Eric, 1966-
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New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press
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IRL Press at Oxford University Press
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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
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German Historical Institute London
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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
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New York, NY, United States, 2005
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New York, New York State, 2007
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New York, New York State, 2005
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Illustrated, 1, PT, 2006
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Illustrated, 2006-09-14
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New York ; Oxford, 2006
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Oxford ; New York, 2006
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August 11, 2006
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1, 2005
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Publisher Description For Fat Politics : The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic / J. Eric Oliver. Our Government Is Telling Us That Obesity Is A Major Health Crisis, That Sixty Percent Of Americans Are Overweight, And That One In Four Is Obese. But How True Are These Claims? In Fat Politics, Eric Oliver Unearths The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic. Oliver Shows How A Handful Of Doctors, Government Bureaucrats, And Health Researchers, With Financial Backing From The Drug And Weight-loss Industry, Have Campaigned To Misclassify More Than Sixty Million Americans As Overweight, To Inflate The Health Risks Of Being Fat, And To Promote The Idea That Obesity Is A Killer Disease. In Reviewing The Scientific Evidence, Oliver Shows There Is Little Proof Either That Obesity Causes So Many Diseases And Deaths Or That Losing Weight Makes People Any Healthier. Our Concern With Obesity Is Fueled More By Social Prejudice, Bureaucratic Politics, And Industry Profit Than By Scientific Fact. Such Misinformation, Oliver Argues, Is The True Problem With Obesity In America. By Telling Us We Need To Be Thin, The Proponents Of The Obesity Epidemic Are Pushing Millions Of Americans Towards Dangerous Surgeries, Crash Diets, And Harmful Diet Drugs. Oliver Goes On To Examine The Surprising Reasons Why We Hate Fatness And Why We Are Gaining Weight, And Also The Real Threats To Our Health That Are Being Displaced By Our Fat Obsession. Fat Politics Not Only Topples Our Most Basic Assumptions About Obesity And Health, It Highlights Frightening Dangers Caused By Making Our Weight A Scapegoat For Our Real Problems. What Is Fat? -- How Obesity Became An Epidemic Disease -- Why We Hate Fat People -- Women, Fat, And The Sexual Market -- Fat Genes And The Obesity Blame Game -- Food And Weight Gain: Super Sized Misperceptions -- Sloth, Capitalism, And The Paradox Of Freedom -- Obesity Policy: The Fix Is In -- Unmaking The Obesity Epidemic. J. Eric Oliver. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 191-219) And Index.
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Presenting the story of America's obesity epidemic, this book examines the political forces that shape America's obesity 'epidemic'. It argues that the concern with obesity is based less in science and more in the financial interests of the health care system. It concludes that the obesity epidemic is symptomatic of some larger contradictions
Includes bibliographical references and index
What is fat? -- How obesity became an epidemic disease -- Why we hate fat people -- Women, fat, and the sexual market -- Fat genes and the obesity blame game -- Food and weight gain: super sized misperceptions -- Sloth, capitalism, and the paradox of freedom -- Obesity policy: the fix is in -- Unmaking the obesity epidemic
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The eye of the beholder
How obesity became an epidemic disease
Why we hate fat people
Fatness, sex and the free market
Fat genes and the obesity blame game
Food, fat, and health: super sized misperceptions
Exercise, weight, and health
Obesity policy: the fix is in
Conclusion: unmaking the obesity epidemic.
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Oliver examines the political forces that shape America's obesity "epidemic", arguing that our concern with obesity is based less in science and more in the financial interests of the health care system and our fat prejudices.
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2023-06-28
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