Received: from jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.86]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id XAA26017 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:57:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IKBFP1KEZ496VPSL@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IKBFP0NUKM95MSKJ@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:57:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu id <2473-6>; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:56:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:56:51 -0400 From: Thomas F Brown Subject: Re: Obesity and Discrimination To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <97Jun21.015655edt.2473-6@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >Why have most of the studies in the News Media been done by scientists >other than sociologists? I would think that sociology is the most >appropriate discipline to study this problem. Considering that it involves biomedical questions, I don't think it's unusual to see medical experts address the question. This topic has been done to death by feminists already anyway, especially back in the 70s. Naomi Wolf's book was only the latest (and least) of them. I would recommend Marcia Millman's book if you want a sociological perspective, although there are plenty of others. | AUTHOR: Millman, Marcia. | TITLE: Such a pretty face : | being fat in America / |PUBLISHER: Berkley Books, | YEAR: 1981 1980 | NOTES: Original ed.: New York : Norton, 1980.