In some countries, including the United Kingdom, young mothers' pregnant and postnatal
bodies remain an area of concern for policy and practice, with interventions developed to …

The expansion of health as a concept, repeated expressions of nationwide concerns about
young people's health, and the accompanying information explosion about health and …

This paper examines the multiple ways in which health policy relating to obesity, diet and
exercise is recontextualised and mediated by teachers and pupils in the context of social …

This dissertation explores women's self-reported perceptions of identity vis-à-vis their
experiences of embodiment within the context of engaging in various forms of body work …

Children and young people, especially adolescents, are often preoccupied with their bodies,
and they find the search for an identity that is positive, comfortable and 'fit'very difficult at …

Although female sporting bodies have been theorised through a range of 'feminist prisms'
most explorations have been undertaken using approaches that focus on discursive cultural …

This chapter explores the gendered dimensions of aesthetic body work practices. Drawing
on data from a qualitative study of young people's body work practices, it examines the …

In this article I identify how developments in consumer culture, waged-work and health
policy have informed our current interest in the body, before suggesting that Durkheim's and …

Within this paper, I conceptualise practices of the body that are learnt and deployed as part
of feminised body work within the cultural context of girls' leisure. These are practices of the …

Often labelled as 'problematic'within health and physical education (HPE) and sporting
literature, young Muslim women's participation is frequently understood through both cultural …