Weighty problems : embodied inequality at a children's weight loss camp /

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Many parents, teachers, and doctors believe that childhood obesity is a social problem that needs to be solved. Yet, missing from debates over what caused the rise in childhood obesity and how to fix it are the children themselves. By investigating how contemporary cultural discourses of childhood o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Backstrom, Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Obesity in children > Psychological aspects.
Weight loss > Psychological aspects.
Body image in children.
Obésité chez l'enfant > Aspect psychologique.
Perte de poids > Aspect psychologique.
Image du corps chez l'enfant.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Body image in children
Obesity in children > Psychological aspects
Weight loss > Psychological aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Embodied Inequality, Childhood Obesity, and the "Problem Child"
  • 2. Studying Camp Odyssey
  • 3. Learning Embodied Inequality through Social Comparisons
  • 4. "It's Not a Fat Camp": The Decision to Attend Camp
  • 5. "They Were Born Lucky": Weight Attribution among the Campers
  • 6. Change Your Body, Change Yourself: Camp Resocialization
  • 7. The Benefits of Weight Loss Camp ... and the Dark Side

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