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- catalog abstract "America's never-ending quest for slimness bombards us from every television screen, drugstore aisle, and shopping mall. In this fast-paced and fascinating expose, veteran journalist Laura Fraser goes undercover to look at this country's obsession with being thin. Her meticulously researched journey through Dietland shows how the biggest hucksters since P.T. Barnum create and exploit our worries about weight. Fraser's reporting takes her inside doctors' offices, marketing seminars, weight-loss spas, and medical conferences. Posing as a patient, she investigates diet doctors and weight-loss scams, undergoing injections, hypnosis, and cookie diets along the way. She interviews weight-loss celebrities such as Richard Simmons, Susan Powter, and Dean Ornish. The results are eye-opening, dramatic - and entertaining. She convincingly demonstrates that far from helping most people lose weight, the vast majority of these Dietland profiteers contribute to our weight obsession - and our obesity.".
- catalog contributor b10081995.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "America's never-ending quest for slimness bombards us from every television screen, drugstore aisle, and shopping mall. In this fast-paced and fascinating expose, veteran journalist Laura Fraser goes undercover to look at this country's obsession with being thin. Her meticulously researched journey through Dietland shows how the biggest hucksters since P.T. Barnum create and exploit our worries about weight.".
- catalog description "Fraser's reporting takes her inside doctors' offices, marketing seminars, weight-loss spas, and medical conferences. Posing as a patient, she investigates diet doctors and weight-loss scams, undergoing injections, hypnosis, and cookie diets along the way. She interviews weight-loss celebrities such as Richard Simmons, Susan Powter, and Dean Ornish. The results are eye-opening, dramatic - and entertaining. She convincingly demonstrates that far from helping most people lose weight, the vast majority of these Dietland profiteers contribute to our weight obsession - and our obesity.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-315) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Adventures in Dietland -- Ch. 1. The Inner Corset -- Ch. 2. The Truth That Will Change Your Life (Only $39.95): Diet Gurus -- Ch. 3. Ten Pounds in Ten Days: Diet Scams -- Ch. 4. No Satisfaction: Fat-Free and Fake Foods -- Ch. 5. Were You Good This Week? Commercial Diet Groups -- Ch. 6. First, Do No Harm: Diet Doctors -- Ch. 7. Thinking Disorders: Obesity Researchers -- Ch. 8. A New Paradigm: Anti-Diet Researchers -- Ch. 9. "Eat Your Vegetables and Go Outside and Play": Anti-Diet Health Strategies -- Ch. 10. Throwing Our Weight Around: Rebelling Against the Diet Culture.".
- catalog extent "viii, 328 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0525938915 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Dutton,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "1997 B-657".
- catalog subject "613.2/5 20".
- catalog subject "Diet, Reducing economics United States.".
- catalog subject "Obesity prevention & control United States.".
- catalog subject "RM222.2 .F696 1997".
- catalog subject "Self-Help Groups economics United States.".
- catalog subject "Social Conformity United States.".
- catalog subject "WD 210 F841L 1997".
- catalog subject "Weight Loss United States.".
- catalog subject "Weight loss Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Weight loss preparations industry United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Adventures in Dietland -- Ch. 1. The Inner Corset -- Ch. 2. The Truth That Will Change Your Life (Only $39.95): Diet Gurus -- Ch. 3. Ten Pounds in Ten Days: Diet Scams -- Ch. 4. No Satisfaction: Fat-Free and Fake Foods -- Ch. 5. Were You Good This Week? Commercial Diet Groups -- Ch. 6. First, Do No Harm: Diet Doctors -- Ch. 7. Thinking Disorders: Obesity Researchers -- Ch. 8. A New Paradigm: Anti-Diet Researchers -- Ch. 9. "Eat Your Vegetables and Go Outside and Play": Anti-Diet Health Strategies -- Ch. 10. Throwing Our Weight Around: Rebelling Against the Diet Culture.".
- catalog title "Losing it : America's obsession with weight and the industry that feeds on it / Laura Fraser.".
- catalog type "text".