The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology Michael Gard Author

Increasing obesity levels are currently big news but do we think carefully enough about what this trend actually means? Everybody â including doctors, parents, teachers, sports clubs, businesses and governments â has a role to play in the â war on obesityâ . But is talk of an obesity â crisisâ justified? Is it the product of measured scientific reasoning or age-old â habits of mindâ ? Why is it happening now? And are there potential risks associated with talking about obesity as an â epidemicâ ? The Obesity Epidemic proposes that obesity science and the popular media present a complex mix of ambiguous knowledge, familiar (yet unstated) moral agendas and ideological assumptions.