Weighing In : Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism /
Guthman, Julie,
Weighing In : Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism / Julie Guthman. - 1 online resource (242 pages) - California studies in food and culture ; 32 . - California studies in food and culture ; 32. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: What's the Problem? -- 2. How Do We Know Obesity Is a Problem? -- 3. Whose Problem Is Obesity? -- 4. Does Your Neighborhood Make You Fat? -- 5. Does Eating (Too Much) Make You Fat? -- 6. Does Farm Policy Make You Fat? -- 7. Will Fresh, Local, Organic Food Make You Thin? -- 8. What's Capitalism Got to Do with It? -- 9. Conclusion: What's on the Menu?
Weighing In takes on the "obesity epidemic," challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent "obesity" are sensible, efficacious, or ethical. She also focuses the lens of obesity on the broader food system to understand why we produce cheap, over-processed food, as well as why we eat it. Guthman takes issue with the currently touted remedy to obesity--promoting food that is local, organic, and farm fresh. While such fare may be tastier and grown in more ecologically sustainable ways, this approach can also reinforce class and race inequalities and neglect other possible explanations for the rise in obesity, including environmental toxins. Arguing that ours is a political economy of bulimia--one that promotes consumption while also insisting upon thinness--Guthman offers a complex analysis of our entire economic system.
English.
9780520949751 (electronic bk.) 0520949757 (electronic bk.) 1283291827 9781283291828 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) 9786613291820 661329182X
9786613291820 10.1525/9780520949751 doi
22573/cttt3546 JSTOR DF311C58-A37E-444F-8723-40F6938DCA25 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2011003848
101571366 DNLM 015903618 Uk
Obesity--Social aspects.
Social problems.
Obesity--psychology
Social Problems
Obésité--Aspect social.
Problèmes sociaux.
social issues.
MEDICAL--Bariatrics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Obesity--Social aspects.
Übergewicht
Ernährungsgewohnheit
Ernährungspolitik
Lebensmittelmarkt
Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein
Övervikt--sociala aspekter.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA645.O23 / .G68 2011 RA645.O23 G88 2011
362.196/398
2011 K-246 WD 210
Weighing In : Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism / Julie Guthman. - 1 online resource (242 pages) - California studies in food and culture ; 32 . - California studies in food and culture ; 32. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: What's the Problem? -- 2. How Do We Know Obesity Is a Problem? -- 3. Whose Problem Is Obesity? -- 4. Does Your Neighborhood Make You Fat? -- 5. Does Eating (Too Much) Make You Fat? -- 6. Does Farm Policy Make You Fat? -- 7. Will Fresh, Local, Organic Food Make You Thin? -- 8. What's Capitalism Got to Do with It? -- 9. Conclusion: What's on the Menu?
Weighing In takes on the "obesity epidemic," challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent "obesity" are sensible, efficacious, or ethical. She also focuses the lens of obesity on the broader food system to understand why we produce cheap, over-processed food, as well as why we eat it. Guthman takes issue with the currently touted remedy to obesity--promoting food that is local, organic, and farm fresh. While such fare may be tastier and grown in more ecologically sustainable ways, this approach can also reinforce class and race inequalities and neglect other possible explanations for the rise in obesity, including environmental toxins. Arguing that ours is a political economy of bulimia--one that promotes consumption while also insisting upon thinness--Guthman offers a complex analysis of our entire economic system.
English.
9780520949751 (electronic bk.) 0520949757 (electronic bk.) 1283291827 9781283291828 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) 9786613291820 661329182X
9786613291820 10.1525/9780520949751 doi
22573/cttt3546 JSTOR DF311C58-A37E-444F-8723-40F6938DCA25 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2011003848
101571366 DNLM 015903618 Uk
Obesity--Social aspects.
Social problems.
Obesity--psychology
Social Problems
Obésité--Aspect social.
Problèmes sociaux.
social issues.
MEDICAL--Bariatrics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Obesity--Social aspects.
Übergewicht
Ernährungsgewohnheit
Ernährungspolitik
Lebensmittelmarkt
Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein
Övervikt--sociala aspekter.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA645.O23 / .G68 2011 RA645.O23 G88 2011
362.196/398
2011 K-246 WD 210