Fat : a cultural history of obesity
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- ISBN: 9780745644400
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Physical Description:
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237 p. ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity, c2008.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-223) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : some weighty thoughts on dieting and epidemics -- Epidemic obesity -- Childhood obesity -- The stigma of obesity -- Obesity as an ethnic problem -- Regions of fat -- Chinese obesity |
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Subject: | Obesity -- Ethnology Obesity -- History Social Perception Obesity -- Social aspects -- History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Vancouver Island University Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus | RC 628 G54 2008 (Text) | M011418761 | STACKS | Volume hold | Available | - |