Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction. Weight of the Nation 1
4. Chapter 1. The Advisory State World War I Made: Scientific Nutrition and Scientific Mothering 10
5. Chapter 2. Boys into Men: Depression-Era Physique in the Civilian Conservation Corps 38
6. Chapter 3. Men into Soldiers: World War II and the Conscripted Body 64
7. Chapter 4. Selling Postwar Fitness: Advertising, Education, and the President’s Council 84
8. Chapter 5. Wasted Bodies: Emaciation and the War on Poverty 112
9. Chapter 6. Poor Choices: Weight, Welfare, and WIC in the 1970s 132
10. Conclusion. Governing American Bodies 155
11. Notes 161
12. Index 207
13. Acknowledgments 215