This fascinating new book looks at the interweaving of fact and fiction relating to obesity, tracing public concern from the mid-nineteenth century to the modern day. Written as a cultural history, it is concerned with the cultural meanings that have been attached to obesity over time and explores the implications of these meanings for society.
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