Reconstructing obesity : the meaning of measures and the measure of meanings /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McCullough, Megan B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Food, nutrition, and culture.
Temas:
Obesity > Cross-cultural studies.
Food habits > Cross-cultural studies.
Food preferences > Cross-cultural studies.
Body image > Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Obesity > psychology
Body Image > psychology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Feeding Behavior > psychology
Food Preferences > psychology
Obésité > Études transculturelles.
Habitudes alimentaires > Études transculturelles.
Préférences alimentaires > Études transculturelles.
Image du corps > Études transculturelles.
Études transculturelles.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
Cross-cultural studies
Body image
Food habits
Food preferences
Obesity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Global health, naturalizing measures, and universalizing effects
  • Resocializing body weight, obesity, and health agency / Anne E. Becker
  • The mismeasure of obesity / Emily Yates-Doerr
  • "Diabesity" and the stigmatizing of lifestyle in australia / Darlene McNaughton
  • Part II: Large embodiment and histories of fat
  • Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the special period and approaches to weight loss today / Hanna Garth
  • Fasting for health, fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian responses to obesity and chronic disease / Jessica A. Hardin
  • Part III: Cultures of practice and conflicting interventions
  • Perspectives on diabetes and obesity from an anthropologist in behavioral medicine: Lessons learned from the "Diabetes Care in American Samoa" Project / Rochelle K. Rosen
  • Body image and weight concerns among Emirates women in the United Arab Emirates / Sarah Trainer
  • "Not neutral ground": Exploring school as a site for childhood obesity intervention and prevention programs / Tracey Galloway, Tina Moffat
  • Part IV: Fat etiologies, stigma, and gaps of care in biomedical models of obesity
  • An ounce of prevention, a ton of controversy: Exploring tensions in the fields of obesity and eating disorder prevention / Lisa R. Rubin, Jessica A. Joseph
  • Fat and knocked-up: An embodied analysis of stigma, visibility, and invisibility in the biomedical management of an obese pregnancy / Megan B. McCullough.

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