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Title:
Reconstructing obesity : the meaning of measures and the measure of meanings / edited by Megan B. McCullough and Jessica A. Hardin.
Edition:
First paperback edition.
Publisher:
Berghahn Books,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
viii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Obesity--Cross-cultural studies.
Food habits--Cross-cultural studies.
Food preferences--Cross-cultural studies.
Body image--Cross-cultural studies.
Obésité--Études transculturelles.
Habitudes alimentaires--Études transculturelles.
Préférences alimentaires--Études transculturelles.
Image du corps--Études transculturelles.
Body image.
Food habits.
Food preferences.
Obesity.
Fettsucht
Sozialanthropologie
Körperbild
Kulturvergleich
Cross-cultural studies.
Other Authors:
McCullough, Megan B.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Global Health, Naturalizing Measures, and Universalizing Effects -- ch. 1 Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity, and Health Agency / Anne E. Becker -- ch. 2 Mismeasure of Obesity / Emily Yates-Doerr -- ch. 3 "Diabesity" and the Stigmatizing of Lifestyle in Australia / Darlene McNaughton -- pt. II Large Embodiment and Histories of Fat -- ch. 4 Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today / Hanna Garth -- ch. 5 Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic Disease / Jessica A. Hardin -- pt. III Cultures of Practice and Conflicting Interventions -- ch. 6 Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine: Lessons Learned from the "Diabetes Care in American Samoa" Project / Rochelle K. Rosen -- ch. 7 Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates / Sarah Trainer -- ch. 8 "Not Neutral Ground": Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs / Tina Moffat -- pt. IV Fat Etiologies, Stigma, and Gaps of Care in Biomedical Models of Obesity -- ch. 9 Ounce of Prevention, a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention / Jessica A. Joseph -- ch. 10 Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisibility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy / Megan B. McCullough.
Series:
Food, nutrition, and culture ; volume 2
ISBN:
1782381414
9781782381419
1785330284
9781785330285
OCLC:
(OCoLC)920867096
LCCN:
2015458742
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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