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Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic
de Oliver, J. Eric
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0195313208
- ISBN 13
- 9780195313208
- Librería
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SAINT CHARLES , Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Paperback. Good. First Printing: Softcover in good condition
Sinopsis
Our government is telling us that obesity is a major health crisis, that sixty percent of Americans are "overweight," and that one in four is obese. But how true are these claims? In Fat Politics, Eric Oliver unearths the real story behind America's "obesity epidemic." Oliver shows how a handful of doctors, government bureaucrats, and health researchers, with financial backing from the drug and weight-loss industry, have campaigned to misclassify more than sixty millionAmericans as "overweight," to inflate the health risks of being fat, and to promote the idea that obesity is a killer disease. In reviewing the scientific evidence, Oliver shows there is little proof either that obesity causes so many diseases and deaths or that losing weight makes people anyhealthier. Our concern with obesity is fueled more by social prejudice, bureaucratic politics, and industry profit than by scientific fact...
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- Librería
- Paddyme Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 042-2MY17-2OQN
- Título
- Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic
- Autor
- Oliver, J. Eric
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0195313208
- ISBN 13
- 9780195313208
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- August 11, 2006
- X weight
- 0 oz
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Paddyme Books
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SAINT CHARLES , Illinois
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Paddyme Books
Located in St Charles Illinois in the Chicago land area. We have been in business for over 26 years. We take a great deal of pride on our collection of books. We strive to provide excellent customer service . We have many first editions books and some collectible golf books
Located in St Charles Illinois in the Chicago land area. We have been in business for over 26 years. We take a great deal of pride on our collection of books. We strive to provide excellent customer service . We have many first editions books and some collectible golf books
