Draws on ethnographic methods to consider the impact of cultural differences, embodiment and local knowledge on understanding obesity Reconstructs how obesity and fatness are studied Examines the understanding of obesity in a range of geographic locations including Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Cuba
Draws on ethnographic methods to consider the impact of cultural differences, embodiment and local knowledge on understanding obesity Reconstructs how obesity and fatness are studied Examines the understanding of obesity in a range of geographic locations including Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Cuba
Megan B. McCullough is a Research Health Scientistat the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), Health Services Research &Development, US Department of Veterans Affairs. Her current research examines pharmaceuticalization, hierarchies of knowledge among healthcare teams, non-physician clinicians, patient-provider communication and patient-centered care.
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Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction: Re-Constructing Obesity Megan B. McCullough and Jessica A. Hardin Part I: Naturalizing Measures and Universalizing Effects Chapter 1. Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity and Health Agency Anne E. Becker Chapter 2. The Mismeasure of Obesity Emily Yates-Doerr Chapter 3. 'Diabesity' and the stigmatizing of lifestyle in Australia Darlene McNaughton Part II: Cross-Cultural Body Discourses and Unstable Categories Chapter 4. Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today Hanna Garth Chapter 5. Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic Disease Jessica A. Hardin Part III: Fat Etiologies and Conflicting Interventions Chapter 6. Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine Rochelle Rosen Chapter 7. Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates Sarah Trainer Chapter 8. 'Not Neutral Ground': Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs Tracey Galloway and Tina Moffat Part IV: Cultures of Practice Chapter 9. An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention Lisa R. Rubin and Jessica A. Joseph Chapter 10. Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisibility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy Megan B. McCullough Afterword Stephen McGarvey Index
Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction: Re-Constructing Obesity Megan B. McCullough and Jessica A. Hardin Part I: Naturalizing Measures and Universalizing Effects Chapter 1. Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity and Health Agency Anne E. Becker Chapter 2. The Mismeasure of Obesity Emily Yates-Doerr Chapter 3. 'Diabesity' and the stigmatizing of lifestyle in Australia Darlene McNaughton Part II: Cross-Cultural Body Discourses and Unstable Categories Chapter 4. Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today Hanna Garth Chapter 5. Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic Disease Jessica A. Hardin Part III: Fat Etiologies and Conflicting Interventions Chapter 6. Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine Rochelle Rosen Chapter 7. Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates Sarah Trainer Chapter 8. 'Not Neutral Ground': Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs Tracey Galloway and Tina Moffat Part IV: Cultures of Practice Chapter 9. An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention Lisa R. Rubin and Jessica A. Joseph Chapter 10. Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisibility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy Megan B. McCullough Afterword Stephen McGarvey Index
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