Fighting Fat: Canada, 1920-1980

by Wendy Mitchinson

While the statistics for obesity have been alarming in the twenty-first century, concern about fatness has a history. In Fighting Fat, Wendy Mitchinson discusses the history of obesity and fatness from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. Through the context of body, medicine, weight measurement, food studies, fat studies, and the identity of those who were fat, Mitchinson examines the attitudes and practices of medical practitioners, nutritionists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487522746
• ISBN13: 9781487522742
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher