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Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism
Julie Guthman
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Description for Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism
Paperback. Takes on the 'obesity epidemic,' challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. This title examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent 'obesity' are sensible, efficacious, or ethical. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB; MMZF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
"Weighing In" takes on the 'obesity epidemic,' challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent "obesity" are sensible, efficacious, or ethical. She also focuses the lens of obesity on the broader food system to understand why we produce cheap, over-processed food, as well as why we eat it. Guthman takes issue with the currently touted remedy to obesity - promoting food that is local, organic, and farm fresh. While such fare may be tastier and grown in more ecologically sustainable ways, ... Read more
"Weighing In" takes on the 'obesity epidemic,' challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent "obesity" are sensible, efficacious, or ethical. She also focuses the lens of obesity on the broader food system to understand why we produce cheap, over-processed food, as well as why we eat it. Guthman takes issue with the currently touted remedy to obesity - promoting food that is local, organic, and farm fresh. While such fare may be tastier and grown in more ecologically sustainable ways, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
California Studies in Food and Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520266254
SKU
V9780520266254
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About Julie Guthman
Julie Guthman is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Agrarian Dreams? The Paradox of Organic Farming in California (UC Press)
Reviews for Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism
"Weighing In is the book that fat studies and critical geographers of fat have been waiting for."
Deborah McPhail, University of Manitoba Social & Cultural Geography "Guthman usefully challenges healthism in obesity research and food movements where consumption eclipses production."
Lee F. Monaghan Sociology Of Health & Illness
Deborah McPhail, University of Manitoba Social & Cultural Geography "Guthman usefully challenges healthism in obesity research and food movements where consumption eclipses production."
Lee F. Monaghan Sociology Of Health & Illness