Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West

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INDEX Actuarial Societ y of America, 42 Ade, George,12 advertising, 19-21 , 46, 51, 57, 59, 97, 107, 161, 176, 178, 189, 209, 222 Africa, 9 2 African Americans , 89-93,94>10 4?121 >12 3> 132-33, 136, 194 Albert-Birot, Pierre,171 allowances, 57, 145 Almanack des gourmands,227 Alsace, 192 American Airlines,116 American Electro-Therapeuti c Association , 36 amphetamines, 105 , 179 anger, 85 , 209 anorexia nervosa , vii, 3, 7, 8, 50, 72, 100, 143, 252 Anthony, Susan , 9 anti-Americanism, 229 anti-Semitism, 239-4 0 Appalachia, 136 Apple Computer ,115 aristocracy, 166, 220 army, U.S., 26, 34, 100,115 art, 160, 220-21 artisans, 220, 223, 240 Association Allegro fortissimo, 216 Atlas, Charles, 75, 76, 105 Atwater, Wilbur, 29, 34 Baker, Bettye,121 Banting, William, 11 , 14, 74, 158 bantingism, 8 ,11 Barbie dolls , 84 Bardot, Brigitte, 180,182 Barth, Kay, 101 bathing suits , 87, 99, 170, 179, 182-83 Bayard, Emile,161 Bayliss, Jessica, 105 beauty contests , 72, 218 belts, 99, 175 Bergman, Ingrid , 180 Bergonnie machine , 161 Bernhardt, Sarah , 12, 159 bicycles, 12, 23, 57, 161, 17 5 Binion, Rudolph, 160 birth control , 62-63, $6, 93, 138, 153, 156 , 160, 191 , 221 , 242 blood pressure , 26, 36, 41, 81, 101, 109, 162 boarding houses, 229 body, standardization of , 249 books, 107 Bouchard, Charles , 157, 164 boys. See men bread, 155, 161, 171, 181, 203, 213, 225 Brillat-Savarin, 164 , 172, 204, 224-25, 227, 228 Britain, 245 "broad," 81 Bruch, Hilde , 117, 119, 206 bulimia, 104 , 252 Bush, Barbara, 103 businessmen, 54 , 75 butter, 223 Byron (Lord) , 6 289 290 I Index calisthenics,1 2 calories, 27 , 30 , 36 , 39 , 111 , 124, 154, 172, 180, 182 , 186 , 213 Calvinism, 55 , 243 camps, 82 , 122 Canada, 229 cancer, 101 , 215 candy, 143-44 , 19 7 Catabolic diet , 3 2 Catholicism, 221 , 240, 24 3 causation, 4-5 , 18 , 43-47, 48 , 68 , 84-89 , 195, 201 , 213, 217-46 cellulite, 179 , 184, 185, 186, 20 7 character, 46 , 54 , 60, 65 , 114 , 117, 126, 168, 202-3, 2 ^5 chefs, 22 3 chewing, 33 , 197 chic, 22 0 Child Stud y Association , 7 6 children, 6 , 30 , 31 , 57-58, 63 , 75-78, 85 , 96-97, 100 , 133 , 137-45, 156 , 162 , 172, 179, 184 , 195-201 , 218-19, 226 , 231 , 248, 258-59 Chittenden pills , 2 0 Chittenden, Russell , 29 , 34 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 163 chocolate, 23 0 cholesterol, 100 , 102 , 110, 181-82, 215 Christianity, 5-6 , 49 , 54 , 59 , 97 , 15 3 Christmas, 5 7 chrome pill , 185 , 207 Cinderella, 8 3 class structure , 24 5 Clinton, Bill , 10 3 Club dietetique , 20 9 Club Med , 13 5 clubs, 8 2 coca cola , 18 0 Cocroft, Susanna , 19 , 74, 10 5 Cocteau, Jean , 22 0 Colette, 22 0 Communist party , 174, 193 Comstock, Anthony, 12 , 56, 62 consumerism, 54-59 , 67, 71, 87-88, 96, 108, 117, 147-48, 155, 237-44, 2 45 cookbooks, 82, 99, 105, 233 Corbett, Gentlema n Jim ,11 corsetry, 7, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 92, 158-59, 166, 17 5 cosmetics, 88, 174 Cosmopolitan, 34 , 35,117 Courbet, Gustave , 183 crackers, 230 creams, 105-6, 184, 185, 187, 206-7 cubism, 160 , 220 cuisine, 155, 186, 188, 207, 223 culotte de chewl, 184 , 205 death, 26, 80, 162 Deboux, Gaston, 173 degenerative disease , 26, 45, 101, 16 5 Deneuve, Catherine, 185 Department o f Agriculture, 29 department stores, 57, 237-38 Depression (1930s) , 143, 193 depression, 147 , 252 Desbonnet gyms , 162 dietetics, 233 disgust, 83, 171, 183, 205, 232-46 Disney, 84 divorce, 58 doctors, 25-44, 53, 59, 66, 74-75, 79-81, 101, 105 , 108, 110, 111 , 114, 116, 120, 124, 134, 144 , 157 , 162-64, 165 , 168, 171-72 , 177-78, 184 , 189 , 190 , 199 , 202-4, 219 , 2 54-55 dolls, 57, 89 drinking, 62, 156, 218 Dubin, Al, 88 Durkheim, Emile , 239 Durville, Gaston, 164 Ebony, 89-92,123 Edsell, David, 37 Eisenhower, Dwight , 149 Elias, Norbert, 249 Emerson, Ralp h Waldo,10 emotion, 4, 54, 78, 85, 118, 141, 203, 206, 214, 251-52 endocrine causes , 30 Enlightenment, 157 , 250 Esquire, 82, 99 Eugenie, empress, 50, 159 Euro-Disney, xi, 228 Index | 29 1 exercise, 38 , 40, 49 , 52-53 , 105, 107, 120, 137, 161 , 162, 169, 175 , 182, 185-86, 198 , 203, 207 , 215 face lifts , 18 5 faddists, 17...