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336 pages • first pub 1998 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780452272910
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Plume
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
This probing social and cultural history of our preoccupation with weight blows the whistle on a multi-billion dollar industry that feeds on insecurity. Laura Fraser demonstrates that far from helping most people lose weight, the vast agglomeratio...
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336 pages • first pub 1998 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780452272910
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Plume
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
This probing social and cultural history of our preoccupation with weight blows the whistle on a multi-billion dollar industry that feeds on insecurity. Laura Fraser demonstrates that far from helping most people lose weight, the vast agglomeratio...