{"product_id":"killer-fat-media-medicine-and-morals-in-the-american-obesity-epidemic-paperback-softback-9780813564852","title":"Killer Fat; Media, Medicine, and Morals in the American \"Obesity Epidemic\" (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813564852","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMedia, Medicine, and Morals in the American \"Obesity Epidemic\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNatalie Boero (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813564852\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 3 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.268 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a timely and thoughtful book. It clearly reveals the disconnect between public pronouncements on obesity and what a great many fat people experience in their own lives.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (The Journal of American Culture) \"[Boero] deals with an accusation of the media for the spread and perpetuation of the 'obesity panic,' ... the role of medical intervention, especially bariatric surgery, for obese individuals, and of government activites in harnessing this 'postmodern epidemic' and in the now open warfare against obesity waged by public health officials. Recommended.\"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Boero’s analysis provides an insightful perspective on the framing of the obesity epidemic. Her book is an engaging and fascinating read, as well as a vital contribution to medical sociology.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jennifer Fosket (McGill University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Boero weighs in powerfully for healthy sanity in the 'war against obesity.' \u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e clarifies complex science, punitive clinical care, and the relentless screech of the media with aplomb. Brava!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Adele E. Clarke (UC San Francisco) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is both an enjoyable read and incredibly informative. Written in a style that is both authoritative and accessible, Natalie Boero's \u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the so-called 'Obesity Epidemic.'\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Kjerstin Gruys (author of Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the project of skepticism about the so-called 'obesity' epidemic and a compassionate exploration of the burdens it imposes on individuals' lives.\" \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Marilyn Wann (author of FAT!SO?) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a timely and thoughtful book. It clearly reveals the disconnect between public pronouncements on obesity and what a great many fat people experience in their own lives.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (The Journal of American Culture) \"[Boero] deals with an accusation of the media for the spread and perpetuation of the 'obesity panic,' ... the role of medical intervention, especially bariatric surgery, for obese individuals, and of government activites in harnessing this 'postmodern epidemic' and in the now open warfare against obesity waged by public health officials. Recommended.\"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Boero’s analysis provides an insightful perspective on the framing of the obesity epidemic. Her book is an engaging and fascinating read, as well as a vital contribution to medical sociology.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jennifer Fosket (McGill University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Boero weighs in powerfully for healthy sanity in the 'war against obesity.' \u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e clarifies complex science, punitive clinical care, and the relentless screech of the media with aplomb. Brava!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Adele E. Clarke (UC San Francisco) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is both an enjoyable read and incredibly informative. Written in a style that is both authoritative and accessible, Natalie Boero's \u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the so-called 'Obesity Epidemic.'\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Kjerstin Gruys (author of Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the project of skepticism about the so-called 'obesity' epidemic and a compassionate exploration of the burdens it imposes on individuals' lives.\" \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Marilyn Wann (author of FAT!SO?)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the past decade, obesity has emerged as a major public health concern in the United States  and abroad. At the federal, state, and local level, policy makers have begun drafting a range of policies to fight a war against fat, including body-mass index (BMI) report cards, “snack taxes,” and laws to control how fast food companies market to children. As an epidemic, obesity threatens to weaken the health, economy, and might of the most powerful nation in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e, Natalie Boero examines how and why obesity emerged as a major public health concern and national obsession in recent years. Using primary sources and in-depth interviews, Boero enters the world of bariatric surgeries, Weight Watchers, and Overeaters Anonymous to show how common expectations of what bodies are supposed to look like help to determine what sorts of interventions and policies are considered urgent in containing this new kind of disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoero argues that obesity, like the traditional epidemics of biological contagion and mass death, now incites panic, a doomsday scenario that must be confronted in a struggle for social stability. The “war” on obesity, she concludes, is a form of social control. \u003ci\u003eKiller Fat\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately offers an alternate framing of the nation’s obesity problem based on the insights of the “Health at Every Size” movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559342436632,"sku":"9780813564852","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/killer-fat-media-medicine-and-morals-in-the-american-obesity-epidemic-paperback-softback-9780813564852","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}