Childhood Obesity in America: Biography of an Epidemic Hardcover – May 12, 2014
Author: Visit Amazon's Laura Dawes Page | Language: English | ISBN: 0674281446 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Review
With vivid prose, memorable examples, and an impressive depth of research, Laura Dawes demonstrates how and why our current preoccupation with childhood obesity emerged. This book is a genuine contribution not only to historical understanding, but to the field of medical ethics and to contemporary policy debates. (Steven Mintz, University of Texas at Austin)
Childhood Obesity in America is timely and compelling. This thoughtful book reveals a great deal about the place of the child in American history, the intensity of the search for the normal body, and the overwhelming importance of aesthetic criteria in understanding the best size of the child. (Susan Lederer, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Dawes, a historian of medicine, dutifully catalogues society’s stumbling attempts to understand and deal with this subject over the past century. She reviews many failed attempts to keep childhood obesity in check, from the ‘endocrine vogue of the 1920s to the 1940s’ to diet drugs, bariatric surgery, and the leptin gene craze. Advertising geared toward making bad foods attractive to kids has been rampant and governments have done a poor job controlling it…Dawes ably demonstrates that any solutions will likely be as multifaceted as the problem. (Publishers Weekly 2014-04-28)
Childhood Obesity in America is timely and compelling. This thoughtful book reveals a great deal about the place of the child in American history, the intensity of the search for the normal body, and the overwhelming importance of aesthetic criteria in understanding the best size of the child. (Susan Lederer, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Dawes, a historian of medicine, dutifully catalogues society’s stumbling attempts to understand and deal with this subject over the past century. She reviews many failed attempts to keep childhood obesity in check, from the ‘endocrine vogue of the 1920s to the 1940s’ to diet drugs, bariatric surgery, and the leptin gene craze. Advertising geared toward making bad foods attractive to kids has been rampant and governments have done a poor job controlling it…Dawes ably demonstrates that any solutions will likely be as multifaceted as the problem. (Publishers Weekly 2014-04-28)
About the Author
Laura Dawes is a historian of medicine living in Cheshire, England.
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- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Harvard University Press (May 12, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0674281446
- ISBN-13: 978-0674281448
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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