Fat in the fifties America's first obesity crisis / Nicolas Rasmussen.

Author/creator Rasmussen, Nicolas, 1962-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
Descriptionviii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Variant title America's first obesity crisis
Contents Fat and the public health before the second World War -- Obesity becomes a mental disorder -- The postwar heart alarm : new attention to an old hazard -- Fighting heart disease one calorie at a time in cold war suburbia -- The new epidemiology and its impact -- The disappearance of obesity as a public health problem.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 153-184) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018033818
ISBN9781421428710 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1421428717 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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