Reconstructing Obesity : : The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings /

Reconstructing Obesity : : The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings / / ed. by Megan B. McCullough, Jessica A. Hardin.

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In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand risk, health, and bodies. This volume addresses the lacuna by drawing on ethnographic met...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Becker, Anne E.,
Galloway, Tracey,
Garth, Hanna,
Hardin, Jessica A.,
Joseph, Jessica A.,
McCullough, Megan B.,
McGarvey, Stephen T.,
McNaughton, Darlene,
Moffat, Tina,
Rosen, Rochelle K.,
Rubin, Lisa R.,
Trainer, Sarah,
Yates-Doerr, Emily,
HerausgeberIn:
Hardin, Jessica A.,
McCullough, Megan B.,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Food, Nutrition, and Culture ; 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings
  • PART I Global Health, Naturalizing Measures, and Universalizing Effects
  • CHAPTER 1 Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity, and Health Agency
  • CHAPTER 2 The Mismeasure of Obesity
  • CHAPTER 3 “Diabesity” and the Stigmatizing of Lifestyle in Australia
  • PART II Large Embodiment and Histories of Fat
  • CHAPTER 4 Obesity in Cuba Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today
  • CHAPTER 5 Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic Disease
  • PART III Cultures of Practice and Conflicting Interventions
  • CHAPTER 6 Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine: Lessons Learned from the “Diabetes Care in American Samoa” Project
  • CHAPTER 7 Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates
  • CHAPTER 8 “Not Neutral Ground” Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs
  • PART IV Fat Etiologies, Stigma, and Gaps of Care in Biomedical Models of Obesity
  • CHAPTER 9 An Ounce of Prevention, a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention
  • CHAPTER 10 Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisibility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy
  • Afterword
  • Contributors
  • Index

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