Taking the devil into your mouth: Ritualized American weight-loss narratives of morality, pain, and betrayal

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-219

  Herndon, April Michelle ^a  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; HUMAN; HUNGER; MORTALITY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RITUAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRICS; BODY IMAGE; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHRISTIANITY; HUMANS; MORALS; NARRATION; OBESITY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 43449102812     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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