XXL: Obesity and the Limits of Shame

by Neil Seeman and Patrick Luciani

Obese individuals are twice as likely to experience heart failure as non-obese people. More than eighty-five per cent of type 2 diabetes sufferers are overweight. And in the United States, obese and overweight individuals make up more than two-thirds of the adult population. Public health organizations and governments have traditionally tried to combat obesity through shame-inducing policies, which assure people that they can easily lose weight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0772786275
• ISBN13: 9780772786272
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"