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The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology

By Michael Gard , Jan Wright

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
ISBN
0415318963, 9780415318969
LCC
RA645.O23 G37 2004
Open Library ID
OL22622745M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2400651 bytes)
Edition
New Ed
Pages
232\227
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

Increasing obesity levels are currently big news but do we think carefully enough about what this trend actually means? Everybody – including doctors, parents, teachers, sports clubs, businesses and governments – has a role to play in the ‘war on obesity’. But is talk of an obesity ‘crisis’ justified? Is it the product of measured scientific reasoning or age-old ‘habits of mind’? Why is it happening now? And are there potential risks associated with talking about obesity as an ‘epidemic’? The Obesity Epidemic proposes that obesity science and the popular media present a complex mix of ambiguous knowledge, familiar (yet unstated) moral agendas and ideological assumptions.

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