Debating Obesity [electronic resource] : Critical Perspectives /
Rich, E.editor.
Monaghan, L. F.editor.
Aphramor, L.editor.
This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis. It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Table and Boxes; List of Contributors; Editors' Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Contesting Obesity Discourse and Presenting an Alternative; 2 Does Fat Kill? A Critique of the Epidemiological Evidence; 3 Bodily Sensibility: Vocabularies of the Discredited Male Body; 4 'You Can't Be Supersized?' Exploring Femininities, Body Size and Control within the Obesity Terrain; 5 Doing More Good than Harm? The Absent Presence of Children's Bodies in (Anti-)Obesity Policy; 6 Children's Bodies, Surveillance and the Obesity Crisis
7 Fat Lib: How Fat Activism Expands the Obesity Debate8 Helping People Change: Promoting Politicised Practice in the Health Care Professions; 9 Conclusion: Reflections on and Developing Critical Weight Studies; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis. It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'.
Human body—Social aspects.
Social policy.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Educational sociology.
Social medicine.
Cultural studies.
Sociology of the Body.
Social Policy.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Medical Sociology.
Cultural Studies.