Fit nation : the gains and pains of America's exercise obsession /

Fit nation : the gains and pains of America's exercise obsession /

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How is it that Americans are more obsessed with exercise than ever, and yet also unhealthier? Fit Nation explains how we got here and imagines how we might create a more inclusive, stronger future. If a shared American creed still exists, it's a belief that exercise is integral to a life well l...

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Main Author: Petrzela, Natalia Mehlman (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter, Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2022]
Chicago : 2022
Subjects:
Exercise > Social aspects > United States
Physical fitness centers > United States
Physical fitness > Social aspects > United States
Well-being > United States
SPORTS & RECREATION / General
exercise, fitness, health and wellness, body positivity, beauty norms, lifestyle, nonfiction, gym membership, 5k, rhetoric, healthy habits, consumerism, puritanism, inclusivity, social justice, shaming, culture, high school, pe, yoga retreat, campus, evangelical, clinics, feminism, fat farms, muscle beach, worlds fair, history, national identity, bodies, perfection, self esteem, confidence, sports, sociology

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