Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives

Book Overview

Introduction: Contesting Obesity Discourse and Presenting an Alternative; E.Rich, L.F.Monaghan & L.Aphramor Does Fat Kill? A Critique of the Epidemiological Evidence; P.Campos Bodily Sensibility: Vocabularies of the Discredited Male Body; L.F.Monaghan & M.Hardey 'You Can't Be Supersized?' Exploring Femininities, Body Size and Control within the Obesity Terrain; I.Tischner & H.Malson Doing More Good than Harm? The Absent Presence of Children's Bodies in (Anti-)Obesity Policy; B.Evans & R.Colls Children's Bodies, Surveillance and the Obesity Crisis; E.Rich, J.Evans & L.De Pian Fat Lib: How Fat Activism Expands the Obesity Debate; C.Cooper Helping People Change: Promoting Politicised Practice in the Healthcare Professions; L.Aphramor & J.Gingras Conclusion: Reflections on and Developing Critical Weight Studies; L.F.Monaghan, E.Rich & L.Aphramor

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349308242
• ISBN13: 9781349308248
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"