ISBN:
9780191576461
,
0191576468
,
9780199557974
,
0199557977
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvi, 214 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Biographies of disease
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gilman, Sander L Obesity
DDC:
306.4613
Keywords:
Body image Social aspects
;
Body image Social aspects
;
History
;
Obesity Social aspects
;
Obesity Social aspects
;
History
;
Body image Social aspects
;
History
;
Obesity Social aspects
;
Obesity Social aspects
;
History
;
Body image Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Body image ; Social aspects
;
Obesity ; Social aspects
;
Kultur
;
Übergewicht
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
According to the World Health Organization we are in the midst of a global obesity crisis. Is obesity a disease itself or a symptom of underlying physiological or psychological illnesses? Is it a sign of social excess and therefore not a disease in the medical sense at all? Is it really 'new'? Sander L. Gilman, a leading authority in the social and cultural history of the body, presents a fascinating account of the history of obesity, looking at the changing attitudes towards the body, from regarding it as 'God's temple' to more mechanical and practical concerns from the Enlightenment onwards
Abstract:
The exemplary patient -- Obesity from the Ancients to the beginning of the Modern Age -- Obesity from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment -- The battle between science and morality for the cure of obesity -- A somatic or psychological treatment of obesity -- New causes; new solutions for obesity -- The "Orient" battles obesity -- Globesity and the Public's health.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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