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The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the Hype about Your Health
Robert Davis
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Description for The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the Hype about Your Health
Hardback. Discusses about diets and why they don't work, dietary supplements, and the campaign to reduce cholesterol. This book also discusses about celebrity exhortations to 'get tested'; sunscreen and its promoters' claims; and, the antichemical activists. Num Pages: 254 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 328 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
It happens every day: we pick up a newspaper or magazine or turn on the television and are bombarded with urgent advice about how to stay healthy. Lose weight! Lower your cholesterol! Early detection saves lives! Sunscreen prevents cancer! But in many cases, pronouncements we rarely think to question turn out to be half-truths that are being pushed by various individuals or groups to advance their own agendas. "The Healthy Skeptic" explores who these health promoters are - from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists - what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ... Read more
It happens every day: we pick up a newspaper or magazine or turn on the television and are bombarded with urgent advice about how to stay healthy. Lose weight! Lower your cholesterol! Early detection saves lives! Sunscreen prevents cancer! But in many cases, pronouncements we rarely think to question turn out to be half-truths that are being pushed by various individuals or groups to advance their own agendas. "The Healthy Skeptic" explores who these health promoters are - from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists - what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520249189
SKU
V9780520249189
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99-1
About Robert Davis
Robert J. Davis is an award-winning medical journalist whose work has appeared on CNN, PBS, WebMD, and in the Wall Street Journal. He holds a master's degree in public health from Emory University and a PhD in health policy from Brandeis University. A sought-after speaker on health and the media, he also teaches at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. ... Read more
Reviews for The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the Hype about Your Health
"Simplifies the process of divining what is true science out of the hype... Belongs where everyone can access it." Booklist " Davis guides the reader in analyzing and thinking critically about health-related information." Library Journal "Cuts the myth from the reality. More importantly, he helps us sort through the information available." January Magazine An insightful and informative look at a ... Read more