Wendy Mitchinson

Broschiertes Buch

Fighting Fat

Canada, 1920-1980

Beschreibung

Fighting Fat is a comprehensive study of approaches to obesity from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. It examines the health professions use of the word 'obesity', how it was measured, its causes, and treatments. It examines popular cultures view of the obese and its effect on those who were fat.

Autor

Wendy Mitchinson is a Canadian historian and a Distinguished Professor Emerita in University of Waterloo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781487522742
• ISBN-10: 1487522746
• Artikelnr.: 49806793