Fighting Fat – Canada, 1920–1980 Mitchinson Hardback 9781487503574

Fighting FatCanada, 1920-1980\nAuthor(s): Wendy Mitchinson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487503574, 978-1487503574\nSynopsis\nWhile the statistics for obesity have been alarming in thetwenty-first century, concern about fatness has a history. In Fighting Fat, Wendy Mitchinson discusses the history of obesity and fatness from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. Through the context of body, medicine, weight measurement, food studies, fat studies, and the identity of those who were fat, Mitchinson examines the attitudes and practices of medical practitioners, nutritionists, educators, and those who see themselves as fat.\n\n Fighting Fat analyzes a number of sources to expose our cultures obsession with body image. Mitchinson looks at medical journals, both their articles and the advertisements for drugs for obesity, as well as magazine articles and advertisements, including popular \""before and after\"" weight l.