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245 10 a| Health freaksh| [electronic resource] :b| America's diet champions and the specter of chronic illness /c| Travis A. Weisse.;

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505 0 a| The mise en place -- A farewell to chitterlings: Dr. Alvenia Moody Fulton, soul food, and the advent of Black veganism -- Entremet I. Ceding healthy food -- Zen and the art of macrobiotic maintenance: Michio Kushi, world peace, and a Cold War treatment for cancer -- Entremet II. Quacking under pressure -- Death's door people: the Pritikin program and the natural antidote to aging and debility -- Entremet III. The gastro-medical industrial complex -- Let them eat meat: Dr. Atkins' complementary medical revolution and the American blood sugar epidemic -- Life, death, and the future of dieting.;

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520 a| "Travis A. Weisse tells a new history of modern diets in America that goes beyond the familiar narrative of the nation's collective failure to lose weight. By exploring how the popularity of diets grew alongside patients' frustrations with the limitations and failures of the American healthcare system in the face of chronic disease, Weisse argues that millions of Americans sought 'fad' diets - such as the notorious Atkins program which ushered in the low-carbohydrate craze - to wrest control of their health from pessimistic doctors and lifelong pharmaceutical regimens. Drawing on novel archival sources and a wide variety of popular media, Weisse shows the lengths to which twentieth-century American dieters went to heal themselves outside the borders of orthodox medicine and the subsequent political and scientific backlash they received. Through colorful profiles of the leaders of four major diet movements, Health Freaks demonstrates that these diet gurus weren't shady snake oil salesmen preying on the vulnerable; rather, they were vocal champions for millions of frustrated Americans seeking longer, healthier lives"-- Provided by publisher.;

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Health freaks America's diet champions and the specter of chronic illness / Travis A. Weisse.

Author/creator	Weisse, Travis A.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
Description	261 pages 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects	Diet--United States. --History. --20th century. Diet in disease--Social aspects. --United States. Alternative medicine--Social aspects. --United States. Alternative medicine--Political aspects. --United States. Medical care--Social aspects. --United States. Chronic diseases--Diet therapy. Health attitudes--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents	The mise en place -- A farewell to chitterlings: Dr. Alvenia Moody Fulton, soul food, and the advent of Black veganism -- Entremet I. Ceding healthy food -- Zen and the art of macrobiotic maintenance: Michio Kushi, world peace, and a Cold War treatment for cancer -- Entremet II. Quacking under pressure -- Death's door people: the Pritikin program and the natural antidote to aging and debility -- Entremet III. The gastro-medical industrial complex -- Let them eat meat: Dr. Atkins' complementary medical revolution and the American blood sugar epidemic -- Life, death, and the future of dieting.
Abstract	"Travis A. Weisse tells a new history of modern diets in America that goes beyond the familiar narrative of the nation's collective failure to lose weight. By exploring how the popularity of diets grew alongside patients' frustrations with the limitations and failures of the American healthcare system in the face of chronic disease, Weisse argues that millions of Americans sought 'fad' diets - such as the notorious Atkins program which ushered in the low-carbohydrate craze - to wrest control of their health from pessimistic doctors and lifelong pharmaceutical regimens. Drawing on novel archival sources and a wide variety of popular media, Weisse shows the lengths to which twentieth-century American dieters went to heal themselves outside the borders of orthodox medicine and the subsequent political and scientific backlash they received. Through colorful profiles of the leaders of four major diet movements, Health Freaks demonstrates that these diet gurus weren't shady snake oil salesmen preying on the vulnerable; rather, they were vocal champions for millions of frustrated Americans seeking longer, healthier lives"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2024021609
ISBN	9781469682990 cloth alk. paper
ISBN	9781469683003 paperback alk. paper
ISBN	epub
ISBN	pdf

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