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Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic

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Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic - Oliver, J Eric
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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.

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Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic 2006, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780195313208

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Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic 2005, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195169362

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