Reconstructing Obesity : The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings.

By: Hardin, JessicaContributor(s): McCullough, Megan BMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Food, Nutrition, and Culture SerPublisher: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (255 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781782381426Subject(s): Food preferencesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reconstructing Obesity : The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of MeaningsDDC classification: 362.1963980072 LOC classification: RA645.O23R43 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings -- Part I-Global Health, Naturalizing Measures, and Universalizing Effects -- Chapter 1-Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity, and Health Agency -- Chapter 2-The Mismeasure of Obesity -- Chapter 3-"Diabesity" and the Stigmatizing of Lifestyle in Australia -- Part II-Large Embodiment and Histories of Fat -- Chapter 4-Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today -- Chapter 5-Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic Disease -- Part III-Cultures of Practice and Conflicting Interventions -- Chapter 6-Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine: Lessons Learned from the "Diabetes Care in American Samoa" Project -- Chapter 7-Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates -- Chapter 8-"Not Neutral Ground": Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs -- Part IV-Fat Etiologies, Stigma, and Gaps of Care in Biodmedical Models of Obesity -- Chapter 9- An Ounce of Prevention, a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention -- Chapter 10-Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisbility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: 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 methods and analytical emic explorations in order to consider the impact of cultural difference, embodiment, and local knowledge on understanding obesity. It is through this reconstruction of how obesity and fatness are studied and understood that a new discussion will be introduced and a new set of analytical explorations about obesity research and the effectiveness of obesity interventions will be established.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings -- Part I-Global Health, Naturalizing Measures, and Universalizing Effects -- Chapter 1-Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity, and Health Agency -- Chapter 2-The Mismeasure of Obesity -- Chapter 3-"Diabesity" and the Stigmatizing of Lifestyle in Australia -- Part II-Large Embodiment and Histories of Fat -- Chapter 4-Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today -- Chapter 5-Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic Disease -- Part III-Cultures of Practice and Conflicting Interventions -- Chapter 6-Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine: Lessons Learned from the "Diabetes Care in American Samoa" Project -- Chapter 7-Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates -- Chapter 8-"Not Neutral Ground": Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs -- Part IV-Fat Etiologies, Stigma, and Gaps of Care in Biodmedical Models of Obesity -- Chapter 9- An Ounce of Prevention, a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention -- Chapter 10-Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisbility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.

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 methods and analytical emic explorations in order to consider the impact of cultural difference, embodiment, and local knowledge on understanding obesity. It is through this reconstruction of how obesity and fatness are studied and understood that a new discussion will be introduced and a new set of analytical explorations about obesity research and the effectiveness of obesity interventions will be established.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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