Fat Blame: How the War on Obesity Victimizes Women and Children

by April Michelle Herndon

Book Overview

A four year old Mexican American girl is taken away from her parents because she is obese and experiencing health problems related to her weight. Such a measure, once seen as extreme, quickly comes to be seen as a logical means of addressing a problem viewed as nothing short of child abuse. And yet, for all the purported concern for these children's welfare, little if any mention is ever made of the psychological ramifications of removing children...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619658
• ISBN13: 9780700619658
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"