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Regulating obesity? : government, society, and questions of health / W.A. Bogart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bogart, W. A. (William A.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health laws.
- Discrimination against overweight persons--Law and legislation.
- Discrimination against overweight persons.
- Obesity--Government policy.
- Obesity.
- Overweight persons--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Overweight persons.
- Food law and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 224 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- This book explores the effectiveness of legal interventions aimed at promoting healthier lifestyles. The book suggests that the government’s emphasis on encouraging weight loss and preventing excess gain have largely failed to resolve obesity and have instead fueled prejudice against fat people. It suggests that a major challenge lies in shifting norms away from stigmatization of the obese and towards more nutritious and healthy lifestyle habits in addition to the acceptance of bodies in all shapes and sizes.
- Contents:
- part I. Obesity and the regulation of consumption
- part II. Being fat
- part III. Healthy consumption, active living, and the regulatory state.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-936962-3
- 0-19-937929-7
- OCLC:
- 864898961
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