Fraser Laura <br/><br/>
Losing it :  America's obsession with weight and the industry that feeds on it / 
 America's obsession with weight and the industry that feeds on it 
Laura Fraser. 
 - New York :  Dutton,  1998. 
 - xv, 335 p. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Portions of chapters in this book were originally published in a different form as magazine articles: chapter 3, in Glamour; chapters 4, 5, and 6, in Vougue; and chapters 8 and 9, in Health." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-315) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0525938915 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Weight loss--Social aspects--United States<br/>Weight loss preparations industry--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>WD210 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>613.2/5