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Debating Obesity

Critical Perspectives

E. Rich L. F. Monaghan L. Aphramor

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English
Palgrave Macmillan
01 December 2010
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'.
Edited by:   , ,
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   485g
ISBN:   9780230222670
ISBN 10:   0230222676
Pages:   270
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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

PAUL CAMPOS is Professor of Law, University of Colorado, USA CHARLOTTE COOPER is a Queer Fat Activist based in London, and currently a Government of Ireland PhD Scholar at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, courtesy of the Irish Social Sciences Platform RACHEL COLLS is Lecturer in Human Geography at Durham University, UK LAURA DE PIAN is a Doctoral Research Student in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, UK BETHAN EVANS is Lecturer in Geography and Medical Humanities at Durham University, UK JOHN EVANS is Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education at Loughborough University, UK JACQUI GINGRAS is an Assistant Professor at the School of Nutrition, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada HELEN MALSON is a Reader in Social Psychology in the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK IRMGARD TISCHNER is a Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Worcester and Associate Member of the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Reviews for Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives

'This collection has certainly succeeded inexpressing critical concerns on the obesity discourse and in contributing to the development of critical weight studies.' - Sociology of Health & Illness


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