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Men and the War on Obesity

Author : Lee F. Monaghan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134134509
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Men and the War on Obesity written by Lee F. Monaghan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-04-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is obesity really a public health problem and what does the construction of obesity as a health problem mean for men? According to official statistics, the majority of men in nations such as England and the USA are overweight or obese. Public health officials, researchers, governments and various agencies are alarmed and have issued dire warnings about a global ‘obesity epidemic’. This perceived threat to public health seemingly legitimates declarations of war against what one US Surgeon General called ‘the terror within’. Yet, little is known about weight-related issues among everyday men in this context of symbolic or communicated violence. Men and the War on Obesity is an original, timely and controversial study. Using observations from a mixed-sex slimming club, interviews with men whom medicine might label overweight or obese and other sources, this study urges a rethink of weight or fat as a public health issue and sometimes private trouble. Recognizing the sociological wisdom that things are not as they seem, it challenges obesity warmongering and the many battles it mandates or incites. This important book could therefore help to change current thinking and practices not only in relation to men but also women and children who are defined as overweight, obese or too fat. It will be of interest to students and researchers of gender and the body within sociology, gender studies and cultural studies as well as public health researchers, policymakers and practitioners.

Fat-Talk Nation

Author : Susan Greenhalgh
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801456436
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Fat-Talk Nation written by Susan Greenhalgh and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, America has been waging a veritable war on fat in which not just public health authorities, but every sector of society is engaged in constant "fat talk" aimed at educating, badgering, and ridiculing heavy people into shedding pounds. We hear a great deal about the dangers of fatness to the nation, but little about the dangers of today’s epidemic of fat talk to individuals and society at large. The human trauma caused by the war on fat is disturbing—and it is virtually unknown. How do those who do not fit the "ideal" body type feel being the object of abuse, discrimination, and even revulsion? How do people feel being told they are a burden on the healthcare system for having a BMI outside what is deemed—with little solid scientific evidence—"healthy"? How do young people, already prone to self-doubt about their bodies, withstand the daily assault on their body type and sense of self-worth? In Fat-Talk Nation, Susan Greenhalgh tells the story of today’s fight against excess pounds by giving young people, the campaign’s main target, an opportunity to speak about experiences that have long lain hidden in silence and shame.Featuring forty-five autobiographical narratives of personal struggles with diet, weight, "bad BMIs," and eating disorders, Fat-Talk Nation shows how the war on fat has produced a generation of young people who are obsessed with their bodies and whose most fundamental sense of self comes from their size. It reveals that regardless of their weight, many people feel miserable about their bodies, and almost no one is able to lose weight and keep it off. Greenhalgh argues that attempts to rescue America from obesity-induced national decline are damaging the bodily and emotional health of young people and disrupting families and intimate relationships.Fatness today is not primarily about health, Greenhalgh asserts; more fundamentally, it is about morality and political inclusion/exclusion or citizenship. To unpack the complexity of fat politics today, Greenhalgh introduces a cluster of terms—biocitizen, biomyth, biopedagogy, bioabuse, biocop, and fat personhood—and shows how they work together to produce such deep investments in the attainment of the thin, fit body. These concepts, which constitute a theory of the workings of our biocitizenship culture, offer powerful tools for understanding how obesity has come to remake who we are as a nation, and how we might work to reverse course for the next generation.

After War

Author : Zoë H. Wool
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822375095
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book After War written by Zoë H. Wool and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In After War Zoë H. Wool explores how the American soldiers most severely injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars struggle to build some kind of ordinary life while recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from grievous injuries like lost limbs and traumatic brain injury. Between 2007 and 2008, Wool spent time with many of these mostly male soldiers and their families and loved ones in an effort to understand what it's like to be blown up and then pulled toward an ideal and ordinary civilian life in a place where the possibilities of such a life are called into question. Contextualizing these soldiers within a broader political and moral framework, Wool considers the soldier body as a historically, politically, and morally laden national icon of normative masculinity. She shows how injury, disability, and the reality of soldiers' experiences and lives unsettle this icon and disrupt the all-too-common narrative of the heroic wounded veteran as the embodiment of patriotic self-sacrifice. For these soldiers, the uncanny ordinariness of seemingly extraordinary everyday circumstances and practices at Walter Reed create a reality that will never be normal.

Weight Management

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309089964
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Weight Management written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of fitness and body composition standards in the U.S. Armed Forces has always been to select individuals best suited to the physical demands of military service, based on the assumption that proper body weight and composition supports good health, physical fitness, and appropriate military appearance. The current epidemic of overweight and obesity in the United States affects the military services. The pool of available recruits is reduced because of failure to meet body composition standards for entry into the services and a high percentage of individuals exceeding military weight-for-height standards at the time of entry into the service leave the military before completing their term of enlistment. To aid in developing strategies for prevention and remediation of overweight in military personnel, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command requested the Committee on Military Nutrition Research to review the scientific evidence for: factors that influence body weight, optimal components of a weight loss and weight maintenance program, and the role of gender, age, and ethnicity in weight management.

The 100 Pound War

Author : James Rice
Publisher : Study It Books
ISBN 13 : 1775193101
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book The 100 Pound War written by James Rice and published by Study It Books. This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a no-holds barred look at weight loss. A must-read for any dieter” - Brian Song, Personal Trainer Through anecdotes and personal battles, The 100 Pound War will show you how to win the weight loss war against the toughest opponent: yourself. If you or a loved one are struggling to lose weight, this book will be the motivation to embark on the weight loss journey. “Something important about the story is that James is not selling a product. It’s all about the commitment to yourself and the discipline to fight and win the daily battle between your brain and your body.” - Paola Rossi, Gym Owner The 100 Pound War is an enjoyable, fast-paced book told through the eyes of James Rice - a 48 year old man who nearly 300 pounds (135kg) and feeling totally defeated. He was taking 6 pain killers a day. Pre-diabetic. High blood pressure. Arthritis. He barely fit into XXXL t-shirts. He couldn’t get up a ladder to change a light bulb. Walking up and down stairs made him sweat. Then he found Trainer Saber and together they won The 100 Pound War. The book includes help on how to lose weight during the COVID-19 pandemic and will give you advice on: How to Get Started to Lose Weight The Foods You Need to Avoid Real Food to Buy - no crazy recipes, sardines or expensive alternatives Must Buy Supplements How to Start to Exercising and Keep Improving Carb and Sugar Craving Survival Tips Win the Battle Between Your Mind and Body The 5 Most Important Points You Must Control to Lose Weight Tips to Handle Stress and Sleep Realistic Weight-Loss Expectations Plus all the daily highs and lows of losing 100 pounds. Trainer Saber is a certified Personal Trainer with a degree in Fitness and Lifestyle Management. He is a Nutrition and Weight Loss Specialist and co-owner of a gym. Trainer Saber specializes in body transformation. Two years later, James weighs in at 171 pounds with a BMI of 23% and at the age of 50 he is studying to be a personal trainer. “James shows that dieting for weight loss is like putting a band-aid on cancer, it doesn’t treat the disease. The true cure to obesity lies in education first and foremost. The rest comes down to focusing on your why” - John Kovaleski, Founder T2 Nutrition and Wellness, Host of The JAK’ed Up Podcast If you are unsure of where to start to transform your life, The 100 Pound War gives the fundamentals of weight loss through James’ personal struggles and accomplishments to help you reach the 100 pound weight loss goal. “Personal, truthful and a motivation to many. The book is very impressive.” - Barb Say, High School Physical Education Teacher

War on Weight

Author : Margaret McConkie Pope
Publisher : Brigham Young University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780842517720
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book War on Weight written by Margaret McConkie Pope and published by Brigham Young University Press. This book was released on 1980-04 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fattitudes

Author : Jeffrey R. Wilbert
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312251912
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Fattitudes written by Jeffrey R. Wilbert and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-05-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcome a "diet mentality" and wake up to "fattitudes"--hidden fat attitudes that keep people from achieving weight loss goals. This groundbreaking book will place readers on the path to winning their war with weight for life.

Win the Fat War

Author : Anne Alexander
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425180617
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Win the Fat War written by Anne Alexander and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real stories of 145 people and their success in losing a collective total of 10,000 pounds, are presented as they share their tips, tricks, and techniques with the former editor-in-chief of Prevention magazine.

The Brave Body Method

Author : Eileen Wilder
Publisher : Emerge Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781943127207
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Brave Body Method written by Eileen Wilder and published by Emerge Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-02-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STOP STRIVING AND START LOSING! In this landmark book, Eileen Wilder shares her compelling journey to lose weight and overcome the powerful grip of eating disorders, depression and anxiety. Using these 4 simple strategies she shows how you can finally lose the weight and keep it off forever! Eileen's astonishing transformation began when she realized the link between her low self-esteem, negative self-talk and weight loss. Eileen says "It's only by immersing yourself in your God-given identity and transforming your thinking that you can finally lose the weight and gain lasting self-acceptance." Since this book was first released, hundreds of women have seen miraculous results using this simple, yet surprisingly powerful approach. The testimonials about this method are nothing short of remarkable. With hundreds of reader comments, this book has received 5 stars and enthusiastic praise from women who have tried every diet book and failed, but now...through The Brave Body Method are experiencing lasting success. Now, The Brave Body Method is being released with national distribution and a significant PR campaign that will drive explosive sales with proven demand.Most importantly, since this program is not a diet, you have never blown it! Learn how to: *Lose weight And keep it off permanently by doing less...not more*Finally see yourself how God sees you, and send your self-esteem soaring*Gain Control over your mind and move from frustration to freedom*Cease Negative Self-Talk once and for all by using the Strainer Technique*Effortlessly build confidence through strategic mini-habits*Speak the exact phrases that will elevate your mood immediately

Fat Blame

Author : April Michelle Herndon
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700619658
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Fat Blame written by April Michelle Herndon and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A four year old Mexican American girl is taken away from her parents because she is obese and experiencing health problems related to her weight. Such a measure, once seen as extreme, quickly comes to be seen as a logical means of addressing a problem viewed as nothing short of child abuse. And yet, for all the purported concern for these children’s welfare, little if any mention is ever made of the psychological ramifications of removing children from their families. They are simply the latest victims of the war on obesity—a war declared on a “disease” but conducted, April Herndon contends in this book, along cultural lines. Fat Blame is a book about how the war on obesity is, in many ways, shaping up to be a battle against women and children, especially women and children who are marginalized via class and race. While conceding that fatness can be linked to certain conditions, or that some populations might be heavier than others, Herndon is more interested in the ways women and children are blamed for obesity and the ways interventions aimed at preventing obesity are problematic in and of themselves. From bariatric surgeries being performed on children to women being positioned as responsible for carrying to term a generation of thin children, her book looks closely at the stories of real people whose lives are drastically altered by interventions that are supposedly for their own good. As with so many practices surrounding bodies and health, like dieting, people are often simultaneously blamed and empowered through policies and interventions, especially those that seem to offer them choices. What Herndon reveals is how such choices only offer the illusion of being empowering. Rather, she shows how woman and children are pushed, pulled, and sometimes victimized by interventions such as bariatric surgeries, limits on reproductive technologies, and having their families broken up by the courts. Only by identifying members of this group as victims of discrimination, she argues, can we hope to return them to a fuller and richer kind of agency. In declaring a war on obesity, the United States has said that fat is one of the most serious enemies it faces. Fat Blame asks us to confront the real enemy—the moral, political, and ideological significance of our every move in this “war.”

Health At Every Size

Author : Linda Bacon
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1935618253
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Health At Every Size written by Linda Bacon and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates "thin" with "healthy" is the problem. The solution? Health at Every Size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that help you to feel good. You too can feel great in your body right now—and Health at Every Size will show you how. Health at Every Size has been scientifically proven to boost health and self-esteem. The program was evaluated in a government-funded academic study, its data published in well-respected scientific journals. Updated with the latest scientific research and even more powerful messages, Health at Every Size is not a diet book, and after reading it, you will be convinced the best way to win the war against fat is to give up the fight.

Inflammation Nation

Author : Floyd H. Chilton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743295919
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Inflammation Nation written by Floyd H. Chilton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An internationally renowned scientist sounds the alarm about our country's most critical health issue and provides a simple eating plan that can help stop this secret epidemic one individual at a time. Here are the chilling statistics: ·One in three American adults suffers from arthritis. ·Sixty-four million people have heart disease in some form. ·Fifty million Americans suffer with allergies and 20 million have asthma. ·More than 18 million people have diabetes, with 1.3 million newly diagnosed each year. ·Sixty-five percent of American adults are over-weight or obese and 16 percent of children are overweight. At best, these conditions destroy our quality of life; at worst, they are painful, debilitating, and fatal. What can possibly account for the sharp increase in these diseases over the last few generations? Is there a connection between these afflictions? Is there anything you can do to protect yourself? As this groundbreaking book makes clear, the root cause of diseases as disparate as heart disease, eczema, and asthma is unbridled inflammation. And the major culprit is right in front of us -- on our plates. Every day we make food choices -- some of which are perceived as "healthy" -- that introduce poisonous levels of certain fatty acids to our bodies. These fatty acids (found in myriad foods, from farm-raised salmon and eggs to roasted turkey) help to inflame our immune systems. Backed by twenty years of research, and by an unprecedented six clinical trials, Dr. Chilton presents two anti-inflammatory dietary programs: One is designed to provide a solution for those of us who currently suffer from an inflammatory disease, and the other is designed to prevent the rest of us from getting one. Complete with a new food pyramid and eight weeks of easy-to-follow meal plans developed in collaboration with a world-class medical school, the book also includes charts detailing which types of fish are the best inflammation fighters, which carbs you should enjoy or avoid, and the patented Inflammation Index, which gives you the inflammatory potential of more than 250 foods. If you're already suffering from one of these diseases and follow the Chilton Program, you will see improvement in your health in as few as seven days. If you think you've dodged this bullet altogether, this book will make it very clear that no one is safe, and it will convince you to completely change the way you eat from this moment forward.

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity

Author :
Publisher : Office of the Surgeon General
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity written by and published by Office of the Surgeon General. This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promotes the recognition, treatment, and prevention of conditions of overweight and obesity in the United States.

Talking Fat

Author : Lonie McMichael, Ph.D.
Publisher : Pearlsong Press
ISBN 13 : 1597190640
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (971 download)

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Download or read book Talking Fat written by Lonie McMichael, Ph.D. and published by Pearlsong Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat is bad, right? Well, no, being fat in and of itself is not bad. However, for the last decade we have been so inundated with negative messages about fat that it is revolutionary to think otherwise. These messages, this rhetoric, though not succeeding in making our society thinner or healthier, have been a resounding success in making us believe that fat is a Very Bad Thing and that fat people are Very Bad People. The rhetoric of the "war on obesity" has only succeeded in increasing prejudice and decreasing health in the very people targeted for "help" while increasing profits for those perpetuating such rhetoric. In this book, Lonie McMichael, Ph.D. examines the rhetorical success of the current "obesity" propaganda while considering its absolute failure to make people thinner or to make a difference in the health of the American people. Considering empirical studies and statistics as well as the actual experience of fat people, McMichael asserts that the "obesity epidemic" is about many things—prejudice, profit, control, etc., but it is not about health. Arguing that our current paradigm is only hurting our society and the individuals within it, McMichael calls for a change in policy and perspective on fat in American society.

The Future Is Fat

Author : Jen Rinaldi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000434087
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Future Is Fat written by Jen Rinaldi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat bodies of today are commonly assumed to have no future at all. In this line of thinking, a fat life is framed as failure, and a fast track towards death itself. Meanwhile, the histories of modern fat existence, communities, activists, and artists have been essentially unknown, written out of origins and existence. Most medical and cultural evaluations of fat have rendered the fat body more and more visible, and yet the lived experiences of fat people are continually erased. At a moment when scholars from various disciplines are contending with the question of who has a future, this book explores the relationship between fat experience and the social construction of time. The works in this volume draw from fields as diverse as social geography, women and gender studies, critical race theory, disability studies, cultural studies, visual art and craft, social work, communication studies, and queer theory, generating renewed understandings of the relationship between fatness and temporality. The Future Is Fat reimagines understandings of time to allow for new expressions of fat experience. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society.

The Four-Day Win

Author : Martha Beck
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1594868123
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book The Four-Day Win written by Martha Beck and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A life coach columnist for O magazine challenges opinions about will power being a key element in weight loss, introducing an unconventional program that incorporates a series of four-day habit-changing steps that culminate in an overall healthier lifestyle. Reprint.

Never Too Thin

Author : Roberta Pollack Seid
Publisher : Ellis Horwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Never Too Thin written by Roberta Pollack Seid and published by Ellis Horwood. This book was released on 1989 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of American women are perpetual dieters; many are stricken by devastating, sometimes fatal, eating disorders. Though diet and therapy books abound, few authors have tackled the complex sociocultural background that has influenced women and their view of themselves. Social historian and analyst of popular culture Roberta Pollack Seid presents this perspective, tracing and assessing the origins of weight consciousness up to our current mania. She discovers a dangerous link, dating to the early part of this century, between medical prescriptives and fashion prerogatives. A complex network of influences--from politics and the rise of feminism to insurance company demographics and changes in the food industry--have reinforced and propagated the tie between "fitness" and "thinness." Seid exposes our cherished axioms--"Thinner is healthier" and "Thinner is more beautiful"--As prejudices, not truths. Only by understanding this national obsession can women begin to free themselves from the terrible war it has made them unleash on their own bodies.--From publisher description.