Fat in the fifties America's first obesity crisis / Nicolas Rasmussen.
| Author/creator | Rasmussen, Nicolas, 1962- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019] |
| Description | viii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-184) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018033818 |
| ISBN | 9781421428710 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1421428717 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |