Davis, Robert J.,  1963- <br/><br/>
The healthy skeptic  cutting through the hype about your health /  [electronic resource] : 
Robert J. Davis. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2008. 
 - 243 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-230) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : health sellers -- Says who? how we know what (we think) we know -- The news media : eat this! -- Diet books : don't eat that! -- Advertisements : take a supplement! -- Government campaigns : watch your cholesterol! -- Celebrities : get tested! -- Health groups : wear sunscreen! -- Consumer activists : beware of chemicals! -- Anti-aging doctors : don't get sick, don't get old, don't die! -- Guaranteed! over-promising on prevention. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Health education.<br/>Consumer education.<br/>Health products.<br/>Quacks and quackery.<br/>Health--Information services.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA440.5  / .D38 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>613