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‘Challenging and in the best traditions of critical social science, Karen Throsby unsettles popular misconstructions of the evils of sugar by situating recent controversies in their broader socio-cultural context.’ Alan Warde, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester -- .

‘Challenging and in the best traditions of critical social science, Karen Throsby unsettles popular misconstructions of the evils of sugar by situating recent controversies in their broader socio-cultural context.’ Alan Warde, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester 'Are we asking the wrong questions about sugar? This smart and excellent book argues that we are. Throsby provokes us to be critical of the received wisdom that sugar can be simply understood as ‘bad’. If we want to loosen the hold that a reductionist nutritional logic has on our plates, policies, health and social justice, then there is no better place to start than Sugar rush.' Jayne Raisborough, author of Fat Bodies, Health and the Media -- .

'Challenging and in the best traditions of critical social science, Karen Throsby unsettles popular misconstructions of the evils of sugar by situating recent controversies in their broader socio-cultural context.' Dr. Alan Warde, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester -- .

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Karen Throsby has been researching issues of gender, technology, bodies and health for over 20 years, including work on reproductive technologies, weight loss surgery and endurance sport. She is the author of Immersion: Marathon Swimming, Identity and Embodiment (2016) and When IVF Fails: Feminist, Infertility and the Negotiation of Normality (2004). She is currently Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Leeds.

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