Slim chance fat hope : society's obsession with thinness /
Slimming and dieting has become such a fixation among Singaporeans that manufacturers and distributors of weight-reducing products are laughing all the way to the bank. However, the recent spate of controversies surrounding slimming pills is no laughing matter. This book is a collection of articles...
Други автори: | Tay, Catherine Swee Kian. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. :
World Scientific,
℗♭2004.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=235593 |
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Print version::
Slim chance fat hope. |
Съдържание:
- I.
- Medical / Science Perspective
- The management of body weight /
- Tey Beng Hea
- The genetic basis of obesity /
- Lim Tit Meng
- Slim 10 : fat hopes? /
- Daniel Fung
- Fat hopes /
- Ken Ung Eng Khean
- II.
- Legal Perspective
- True files : the slim 10 case /
- Raj Singam
- Defective goods
- product liability /
- Catherine Tay Swee Kian and Michael Low
- The thin line between consumers and defective products in Singapore : is it time for new legislation? /
- Morris John and Stephen Norfor
- Consumer protection and product liability
- the statutory framework /
- Steven Lam Kuet Keng
- III.
- Behavioural / Ethical Perspective
- Advertisements for slimming products : a behavioural perspective /
- Audrey Chia
- Are there shortcuts? /
- Sebastian Anthony
- Appendices to the slim 10 episode /
- Editorial Team, World Scientific
- IV.
- Social / Community Perspective
- Case studies of anorexic and bulimic patients /
- Chou Mei Ling
- Size matters : the smaller, the better /
- Aditee Ghate
- Being fat can be beautiful too!
- interview with Moses Lim /
- Editorial Team, World Scientific
- Talents matter more than size
- interview with Hossan Leong /
- Editorial Team, World Scientific
- The trim and fit (TAF) programme
- the route to physical fitness for school children /
- Editorial Team, World Scientific
- The slimming phenomenon in popular culture /
- Joel Teo Woan Yee
- Reflections from the movies /
- Eista Lee
- Body image a big deal /
- Sharon Loh
- To fight an ever losing battle
- a personal account /
- Lam Wai Kit
- V.
- Towards a Healthy Lifestyle
- Exercise your way to health and fitness
- Slimming versus losing weight.