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Columbia College Chicago - Fall 2012 | ||
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Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity (1st Edition) by Sander L. Gilman Paperback, 237 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-7456-4441-4 / 0745644414 ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4441-7 / 9780745644417 The modern world is faced with a terrifying new ‘disease’, that of ‘obesity’. As people get fatter, we have come to see excess weight as unhealthy, morally repugnant and socially damaging. Fat it seems has long been a national problem and each age, culture and tradition have all defined a point beyo |