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<br> The United States, we are told, is facing an obesity epidemic-a "battle of the bulge" of not just national, but global proportions-that requires drastic and immediate action. Experts in the media, medical science, and government alike are scrambling to find answers. What or who is responsible for this fat crisis, and what can we do to stop it? <p>Abigail Saguy argues that these fraught and frantic debates obscure a more important question: How has fatness come to be understood as a public health crisis at all? Why, she asks, has the view of "fat" as a problem-a symptom of immorality, a medical pathology, a public health epidemic-come to dominate more positive framings of weight-as consistent with health, beauty, or a legitimate rights claim-in public discourse? Why are heavy individuals singled out for blame? And what are the consequences of understanding weight in these ways?</p> <p><em>What's Wrong with Fat?</em> presents each of the various ways in which fat is understood in America today, examining the implications of understanding fatness as a health risk, disease, and epidemic, and revealing why we've come to understand the issue in these terms, despite considerable scie

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Author

Abigail Cope Saguy

Publisher

Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199857173

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Science, Medical

Rating

4.06 / 5 (109 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14