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

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

McCullough, Megan B.
Hardin, Jessica A.

Hardcover

Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture, Book 2

Medical ReferencePublic HealthAnthropology

ISBN10: 1782381414
ISBN13: 9781782381419
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Oct 1 2013
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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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