In recent years, postgenomic research, and the fields of epigenetics and microbiome
science in particular, have described novel ways in which social processes of racialization …

Understanding language as a social action draws attention to the ways in which fat
stigmatizing discourses do social harm. Drawing on interviews and experiences situated in …

Traits that signal belonging dictate our daily routines, including how we eat, move, and
connect to others. In recent years," fat" has emerged as a shared anchor in defining who …

This paper addresses historical dimensions of epigenetic studies on human populations. We
show that postgenomic research on health disparities in Latin America reintroduces old …

We compare the discourses on obesity found in early-and mid-twentieth century Mexican
public discourse with those of Mexican geneticists and doctors today. We argue that …

Background Infant feeding practices are rapidly changing within rural areas in Mexico,
including indigenous communities. The aim of this study was to compare infant feeding …

The notion of obesity as a pathological state within the individual remains the dominant
perspective in public health and biomedicine. However, there has been a growing call to re …

Norms valorizing not‐fat bodies appear to have spread around the world, combined with a
globalizing belief that thinness is the result of individual management of self and hard work …

As a scholar-activist invested in tending to fat life, embodiment and world-making practices, I
am struck by the ways in which Fat Studies scholars and activists have gravitated towards …

This article draws attention to the importance of including the colonial present in critical
inquiries into the relationship between epigenetics and politics. Focusing on British …