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This book offers a thorough historical description of the chain of ways of thinking which have led to our current American view of fatness as a character flaw and health risk. I learned a lot about the racist roots of social norms that guide our thinking on physical appearance today. It was especially interesting and disturbing to learn about the ways that eugenicists' thinking influenced popular culture and medical advice of the past and present. For example, while a white American like me may
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