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This text examines the political forces that shape America's obesity 'epidemic', arguing that our concern with obesity is based less in science and more in the financial interests of the health care system and our fat prejudices. It makes an argument about how obesity reflects a serious contradiction in American life.Oliver, J. Eric is the author of 'Fat Politics The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic', published 2006 under ISBN 9780195313208 and ISBN 0195313208.
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