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Fighting fat : Canada, 1920-1980 / Wendy Mitchinson.
LIBRA RC628 .M58 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchinson, Wendy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Canada--History--20th century.
- Obesity.
- Discrimination against overweight persons--Canada--History--20th century.
- Discrimination against overweight persons.
- Obesity--Canada--Psychological aspects--History--20th century.
- Obesity--Social aspects--Canada--History--20th century.
- Overweight persons--Canada--History--20th century.
- Overweight persons.
- Overweight persons--Canada--Social conditions--20th century.
- Obesity--Psychological aspects.
- Obesity--Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Psychological aspects.
- Canada.
- Obesity--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Obesity--history.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 433 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 Nutrition Policy: "Dietetic Missionaries" p. 26
- 2 About Obesity p. 56
- 3 Causes of Obesity p. 81
- 4 Treatment: "Stubbornly Resistant" p. 110
- 5 "Dietary Drugland" and Surgery p. 141
- 6 Infant, Child, and Teen Obesity p. 174
- 7 Body Image p. 207
- 8 Narratives of Fat Canadians p. 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1487522746
- 9781487522742
- 9781487503574
- 1487503571
- OCLC:
- 1007921538
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