Obesity in Canada: critical perspectives

"Medical professionals, social policy makers, and the media have all declared that Canada is in the grip of an obesity epidemic. Conceptualizing obesity as a biological condition, these experts insist that it needs to be "prevented" and "managed." Obesity in Canada takes a b...

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Weitere Verfasser: Ellison, Jenny 1977- (HerausgeberIn), McPhail, Deborah 1977- (HerausgeberIn), Mitchinson, Wendy (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London University of Toronto Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:"Medical professionals, social policy makers, and the media have all declared that Canada is in the grip of an obesity epidemic. Conceptualizing obesity as a biological condition, these experts insist that it needs to be "prevented" and "managed." Obesity in Canada takes a broader, critical perspective of our supposed epidemic. Examining obesity in its cultural and historical context, the book's contributors ask how we measure health and wellness, where our attitudes to obesity develop from, and what the consequences are of naming and targeting those whose body weights do not match our expectations as "obese." A broad survey of the issues surrounding the obesity panic in Canada, it is the first collection of fat studies and critical obesity studies from a distinctly Canadian perspective."...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xii, 483 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781442650633
9781442628540
1442628545

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