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IJE Advance Access originally published online on January 5, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(1):207-208; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi262
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2005; all rights reserved.

Book Review

Essay Review of: The Obesity Epidemic: Science and Ideology. Michael Gard and Jan Wright (eds). Routledge, pp. 218, £22.99, 2005, ISBN: 0415318963.

RICHARD KLEIN

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The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality, Ideology, by Michael Gard and Jan Wright (New York: Routledge, 2005.) is an important contribution, perhaps a decisive one, to the global debate over the risks of fat. Decisive, because it addresses, in the most meticulous and patient way, the weight of scientific evidence that underlies the alarmist cries of obesity science—the body of knowledge and opinion about health dispensed by an alliance of medical professionals and public health bureaucrats, physical education teachers, and pharmaceutical researchers, whose views are widely circulated in the corporate media. The book is a radical critique of the objectivity of this epidemiological science. It demonstrates, in persuasive detail, with ample citations, that the epidemiological evidence underlying the interpretation of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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