Fat-talk nation: the human costs of America's war on fat (Record no. 1308438)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781501700767 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | Textual |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | RTL |
| Transcribing agency | RTL |
| 084 ## - COLON CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Y9(L12:26):4:5 Q5 |
| Assigning agency | RTL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Greenhalgh, Susan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fat-talk nation: the human costs of America's war on fat |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 323p. |
| Other physical details | Includes appendix, bibliographical references, notes and index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Overweight -- psychology |
| 9 (RLIN) | 751806 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Young Adult |
| 9 (RLIN) | 751807 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Personal Narrative |
| 9 (RLIN) | 751808 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Colon Classification (CC) |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Koha item type | Textbook |
| Classification part | Y9(L12:26):4:5 Q5 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Colon Classification (CC) | Ratan Tata Library | Ratan Tata Library | 2025-04-03 | Y9(L12:26):4:5 Q5 | RT1528354 | 2025-04-03 | 2025-04-03 | Textbook |