Weight management, good health and the will to normality

Critical Feminist Approaches to Eating Dis/Orders

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 146-155

  LeBesco, Kathleen ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 83155169792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203876442     Document Type: Chapter

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