A look at how fatness became a cultural stigma in the United States.

This isn't a diet book. And it's not going to tell you how to lose weight. It has something much more important to share, and you won't believe the difference y

Draws on little-known legal cases brought by fat citizens as well as significant lawsuits over other forms of bodily difference (such as transgenderism), and as

Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Dist

In recent decades, America has been waging a veritable war on fat in which not just public health authorities, but every sector of society is engaged in constan