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Draws on popular examples and sound science to explain our expanding waistlines and to discuss the consequences of being overweight for different demographic gr

In the 2001 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, former Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, warned of the negati

Tracing the link between changing attitudes toward body size and modern conceptions of class, society, and self.

Fat in the Fifties is required reading for public health practitioners and researchers, physicians, historians of medicine, and anyone concerned about weight an

How can we work together to understand the rise of obesity and reverse its related diseases and societal impacts? Obesity is a complex condition that increases