Jessica Hardin is a cultural and medical anthropologist. She is the Honorable Barber B. Conable Jr. Endowed Chair
and Director in International and Global Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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“Faith and the Pursuit of Health’s greatest strength is how it opens a window onto the structural causes of cardiometabolic diseases through religion—a facet of life that critical medical anthropology often overlooks in its analysis of the structural determinants of health.”

“This collection contains interesting and well written case studies that provide nuanced critiques of con- temporary obesity policies, focusing on the harmful effects they have on particular patients and groups and, inter alia, on their inappropriateness for many resource-poor settings. Its geographical reach and the care with which its authors present useful, specific critiques of particular understandings and practices make it a valuable contribution to an increasingly crowded academic field. “

“All in all, this book is both a masterpiece and a master-class.“