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Agger, Ben.

Body problems : running and living long in fast-food society / Ben Agger. - ix, 71 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Framing 21st century social issues . - Framing 21st century social issues. .

There was no body problem until modernity: Descartes, Henry Ford, corn syrup, highways -- Too much of a good thing, and, the invention of exercise -- Body sciences -- Body industries -- Beyond body work -- Coda: toward "slowmodernity".

ISBN: 9780415891981 0415891981

LCCN: 2010027921

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human body--Social aspects
Food consumption--Social aspects
Physical fitness--Social aspects
Health--Social aspects

LC Class. No.: HM636 / .A44 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4613