Making addicts of the fat: Obesity psychiatry and the 'fatties anonymous' model of self-help weight loss in the post-war United States

Advances in Medical Sociology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-200

  Parr, Jessica ^a   Rasmussen, Nicolas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Addiction; Obesity; Psychiatry; Self help; Stigma; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886392542     PISSN: 10576290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1057-6290(2012)0000014012     Document Type: Article

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