The Fat Wars (Part 1 of 2)

Eisen, Jill (journalist). Sinclair, Lister (host). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Journalist: Eisen, Jill ; Host: Sinclair, Lister. (Cast).

Summary: In 1978, Susie Orbach wrote her ground-breaking book Fat is a Feminist Issue. She hoped that children growing up then might be free of the disabling body-image and eating problems that had so beset her generation. But despite the inroads of feminism, women's obsession with weight did not decrease over the next two decades, and men became preoccupied by body image as well. Diet books, foods and pills proliferated, and so did punishing exercise programs. Yet paradoxically, North Americans became fatter. Jill Eisen explores why this is so.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming audio file (55 min 49 sec)
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audio
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Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1997

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:	Journalist: Eisen, Jill ; Host: Sinclair, Lister.
Target Audience Note:	12-14.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: https://curio.ca/en/catalog/943efd87-de5f-42d8-a9ff-b4d0fcb10cb3
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation