The Cold War Obesity Crisis: Fatness, Public Health, and Medical Science in the United States, 1940-1970

冷战时期的肥胖危机：美国的肥胖、公共卫生和医学，1940 年至 1970 年

• 批准号: DP140101629
• 负责人: Em/Prof Nicolas Rasmussen
• 金额: $ 12.58万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140101629
• 关键词: Cold; War; Obesity; Crisis; Fatness

In 1951 the US Public Health Service declared obesity, newly reinterpreted as an addictive disorder, to be the nation’s leading health problem. This project will be the first to study the course of this early obesity crisis, analysing the interaction between popular perception, biomedical science and health policy, all in the political and cultural context of postwar America. Research will especially focus on the competing efforts of several biomedical disciplines and their scientific leaders to define the problem and shape responses to it. The goal is to understand the ways science and medicine related to social forces in the episode, and to derive lessons for today’s global obesity crisis.

1951年，美国公共卫生局宣布肥胖（最近被重新解释为一种成瘾障碍）是美国的主要健康问题。这个项目将是第一个研究早期肥胖危机的过程，分析大众认知、生物医学科学和卫生政策之间的相互作用，所有这些都是在战后美国的政治和文化背景下进行的。研究将特别集中在几个生物医学学科及其科学领袖的竞争努力上，以确定问题并形成应对措施。其目标是了解科学和医学在这一事件中与社会力量的关系，并为当今的全球肥胖危机汲取教训。