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Never satisfied : a cultural history of diets, fantasies, and fat /

Abstract: This light-hearted historical account of dieting is devoted to explaning the cultural fit between shared fictions about the body and the reducing methods of the era. Discussions are as follows: dieting and history; ritual and romance of dieting; men, women and fat; thin body and the Jackso...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Hillel, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : London : Free Press ; Collier Macmillan, ©1986.
Subjects and Genres:
Weight loss > Social aspects > United States > History.
Body image.
Obesity > Social aspects > United States > History.
Human body > Social aspects > United States.
Food habits.
Body schema.
Diet, Reducing > history
Feeding Behavior
Obesity > prevention & control
Body Image
dieting.
history.
obesity.
Perte de poids > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Schéma corporel.
Obésité > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Corps humain > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Image du corps.
Habitudes alimentaires.
Human body > Social aspects.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Weight loss > Social aspects.
Diät.
Geschichte
Gewichtsabnahme
Übergewicht.
Voedingsgewoonten.
Vermageren.
Zwaarlijvigheid.
United States
United States.
USA.
Man > Body - Sociological perspectives
History.
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