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رده
کتابخانه
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NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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TLpq2407596320
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Through Thick and Thin:
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Weisse, Travis A.
Title Proper by Another Author
Americans' Trust in Dietary Experts (1945-2005)
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Lederer, Susan E.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The University of Wisconsin - Madison
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2020
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
325
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
The University of Wisconsin - Madison
Text preceding or following the note
2020
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation explores the adaptation of popular American diet programs to the treatment of chronic disease after the Second World War. Situated at the intersection of food studies and medical history, this project traces the rise and fall of four distinct dietary movements through the biography of their respective diet guru(s)-Alvenia Fulton (1907-1999), Michio Kushi (1926-2014), Nathan Pritikin (1915-1985), and Robert C. Atkins (1930-2003). Unlike the conventional portrayal of diets as weight loss fads, the diets featured in this dissertation were predominantly oriented toward longevity and disease reversal. I argue that, accompanying the rising tide of skepticism toward expert credibility of all kinds in the 1960s, diets became a potent alternative to the health practices and conventional treatments espoused by hegemonic nutritional and medical authorities. To the chagrin of federal regulators and the spokespeople of scientific nutrition and medicine, diet programs openly flouted scientific consensus and official nutrition standards and instead forged strong connections with and mirrored the claims and practices of alternative and complementary medicine. The four dietary movements featured here developed lasting legacies in our contemporary wellness culture.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Alternative medicine
Chronic disease
Diet
Food
Health
Science history
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lederer, Susan E.
Weisse, Travis A.
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