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A refreshing contribution to scholarship about the constructions of body image and their social ramifications. Despite the disheartening portrait it paints of how human beings have come to treat each other, the reading is easy and compelling. . . .Fat Blame is an excellent choice for many purposes, from leisure reading to using in any level of university study. --H-Net Reviews A transformative work. Fat Blame stands in sharp contrast to most books on the obesity epidemic that typically describe multifactorial causes (the media, ubiquitous and calorie-dense foods, and geographic and socioeconomic impediments to exercise), attendant health risks, and financial costs. This fully referenced work is a scholarly review of weight prejudice, which is often used--consciously or unconsciously--to discriminate against specific gender, racial, and socioeconomic groups. Highly recommended. --Choice There is so much rich data, analysis, and critique of many of the assumptions masquerading as fact in the debates about fat in this text. Herndon puts forth persuasive claims in this book about what motivates the lies, misunderstandings, and prejudice that seek to 'eliminate childhood obesity in a generation.' --Fat Studies Herndon's focus is excellent. I don't know any other book that focuses exclusively on the war on obesity as a war on women and children. Fat Blame helps us to think through the ways that this public health campaign can be seen as a continuation of a longer set of policies and ideologies that control and hurt women and children. --Amy Farrell, author of Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture This sharp, incisive, well researched book illuminates some of the ideological baggage of anti-obesity sentiment and campaigns, in particular anti-woman and anti-child ideologies. Through smart analyses of court cases, public health campaigns, bariatric surgeries, and maternal obesity, Herndon throws into question the wisdom of our most dominant weapons in the war on obesity by demonstrating their danger to women and children, especially those with marginal class or race status. --Kathleen LeBesco, author of Revolting Bodies: The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity

-A refreshing contribution to scholarship about the constructions of body image and their social ramifications. Despite the disheartening portrait it paints of how human beings have come to treat each other, the reading is easy and compelling. . . .Fat Blame is an excellent choice for many purposes, from leisure reading to using in any level of university study.---H-Net Reviews

A refreshing contribution to scholarship about the constructions of body image and their social ramifications. Despite the disheartening portrait it paints of how human beings have come to treat each other, the reading is easy and compelling. . . . Fat Blame is an excellent choice for many purposes, from leisure reading to using in any level of university study. -- H-Net Reviews

A transformative work. Fat Blame stands in sharp contrast to most books on the obesity epidemic that typically describe multifactorial causes (the media, ubiquitous and calorie-dense foods, and geographic and socioeconomic impediments to exercise), attendant health risks, and financial costs. This fully referenced work is a scholarly review of weight prejudice, which is often used--consciously or unconsciously--to discriminate against specific gender, racial, and socioeconomic groups. Highly recommended. -- Choice

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April Michelle Herndon is associate professor of English at Winona State University in Minnesota. She also teaches Women’s and Gender Studies courses. She is also a health writer at ""Psychologytoday.com"".

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