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Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It

By Brown , Harriet

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2015
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
540 kB (552748 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00

Description

Overview: Over the past twenty-five years, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. In our culture, "fat" has become a four-letter word. Or, as Lance Armstrong said to the wife of a former teammate, "I called you crazy. I called you a bitch. But I never called you fat." How did we get to this place where the worst insult you can hurl at someone is "fat"?

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