Weighing In by Julie Guthman

Weighing In by Julie Guthman

Takes on the 'obesity epidemic,' challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. This title examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent 'obesity' are sensible, efficacious, or ethical.

"Weighing In is the book that fat studies and critical geographers of fat have been waiting for" -- Deborah McPhail, University of Manitoba Social & Cultural Geography "Guthman usefully challenges healthism in obesity research and food movements where consumption eclipses production." -- Lee F. Monaghan Sociology Of Health & Illness

Julie Guthman is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Agrarian Dreams? The Paradox of Organic Farming in California (UC Press)

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ISBN 13	9780520266254
ISBN 10	0520266250
Title	Weighing In
Author	Julie Guthman
Series	California Studies In Food And Culture
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2011-11-05
Number of pages	248
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