One of the most powerful and pervasive discourses currently infl uencing ways of thinking
about health and about bodies is that of the 'obesity epidemic'. This has, in turn, generated a …

Across a range of contemporary contexts are instructions on bios: how to live, how to eat,
how much to eat, how to move, how much to move. In short an extensive pedagogy is aimed …

Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on
the'obesity epidemic.'The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in …

At the present time school based health education is being called upon to respond to yet
another crisis. This call to respond to crisis is not new, though the shape of it is. We have …

This article reflects on the author's experiences teaching an undergraduate lecture course
on the politics of obesity. The course involved a critical examination of the construction and …

Mission-On Not a religious phenomenon, nor a space odyssey, but rather, the catch-all title
of the New Zealand government's 67 million dollar fatbusting regime, rolled out in 2007. In a …

Abstract On 16 January 2002, the United Kingdom House of Commons Select Committee
published a report entitled Tackling Obesity in England. Drawing on insights from the work of …

Few will have escaped the avalanche of scientifi c and public comments about obesity in the
last few years. Escalating concerns over an 'obesity epidemic'have been fuelled by the …

This paper examines the current weight-centric approach to the promotion and practice of
physical activity for health. We argue that examining the assumptions and belief systems that …

This paper documents how health is storied into existence by 'obesity discourse'to become
part of the 'natural attitude'towards the health of individuals or populations. We draw …