Fatuous measures: the artifactual construction of the obesity epidemic

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Guthman, Julie. “Fatuous Measures: The Artifactual Construction of the Obesity Epidemic”. Critical Public Health, vol. 23, no. 3, 2013, pp. 263-7, https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2013.766670.
Guthman, J. (2013). Fatuous measures: the artifactual construction of the obesity epidemic. Critical Public Health, 23(3), 263-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2013.766670
Guthman J. Fatuous measures: the artifactual construction of the obesity epidemic. Critical Public Health. 2013;23(3):263-7.
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Medicine: Public aspects of medicine12
Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene10
Social Sciences: Sociology (General)9
Medicine: Medicine (General)6
Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science3
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences3
Social Sciences: The family. Marriage. Woman: Women. Feminism2
Education: Theory and practice of education2
Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology2
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business2
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology2
Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry2
Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases1
Social Sciences: Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform1
Political science: Political institutions and public administration (General)1
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation1
Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Sports medicine1
Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering1
Science: Biology (General): Ecology1
Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)1
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business: Personnel management. Employment management1
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology1
Medicine: Internal medicine1
Political science: Political science (General)1
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