Obesity : the biography / Sander L. Gilman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilman, Sander L.

Series:

Biographies of Disease

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity--History.

Obesity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

According to the World Health Organization we are in the midst of a global obesity crisis. Is obesity a disease itself or a symptom of underlying physiological or psychological illnesses? Is it a sign of social excess and therefore not a disease in the medical sense at all? Is it really 'new'?Sander L. Gilman, a leading authority in the social and cultural history of the body, presents a fascinating account of the history of obesity, looking at the changing attitudes towards the body, from regarding it as 'God's temple' to more mechanical and practical concerns from the Enlightenment onwards.

Contents:

Contents; List of illustrations; Prologue; 1 The exemplary patient; 2 Obesity from the Ancients to the beginning of the Modern Age; 3 Obesity from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment; 4 The battle between science and morality for the cure of obesity; 5 A somatic or a psychological treatment of obesity; 6 New causes; new solutions for obesity; 7 The "Orient" battles obesity; 8 Globesity and the Public's health; Glossary; Notes; Further reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161408-4

1-282-53483-1

9786612534836

0-19-157646-8

OCLC:

609861629