Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West /
Stearns, Peter N.
New York ; London : New York University Press,
c1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.
The turning point -- The medical path : physicians and faddists -- Fat as a turn-of-the-century target : why? -- The misogynist phase : 1920s-1960s -- Stepping up the pace : old motives, new methods -- Fat city : American weight gains in the twentieth century -- The evolution of weight control in France -- The French regime -- Atlantic crisscross : the Franco-American contrasts -- Conclusion : the fat's in the fire.
Weight loss
Weight loss
Body image
Body image
Fat
Fat