Super sized kids: Obesity, children, moral panic, and the media

The children's Television Community

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 277-291

  Stephenson, Rebecca Herr ^a   Banet Weiser, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84925774021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410614452     Document Type: Chapter

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