Fat Bodies, Health and the Media

by Jayne Raisborough

Our televisions bulge with weight-loss shows, as the news warn of the obesity epidemic. Fat is such a villain that larger people are stigmatized and we all are seduced by life-changing claims of a multi-billion pound diet industry. Yet, when we question if our bathroom scales can really tell us about our health, we start to ask just why and how fat holds such fascination.
In this book, Jayne Raisborough explores interpretations of fat bodies from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137288868
• ISBN13: 9781137288868
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.4"