What's wrong with the 'war on obesity?'A narrative review of the weight-centered health paradigm and development of the 3C framework to build critical competency …
L O'hara, J Taylor - Sage Open, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Discourse about health that focuses predominantly on body weight is referred to as the
weight-centered health paradigm (WCHP). In recent years, there has been a significant …
weight-centered health paradigm (WCHP). In recent years, there has been a significant …
[HTML][HTML] In BMI we trust: reframing the body mass index as a measure of health
I Gutin - Social theory & health: STH, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent work in medical sociology has provided critical insights into distinguishing between
obesity as a condition with severe individual-and population-level health consequences …
obesity as a condition with severe individual-and population-level health consequences …
Self-tracking in the digital era: Biopower, patriarchy, and the new biometric body projects
R Sanders - Body & Society, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article employs Foucauldian and feminist analytics to advance a critical approach to
wearable digital health-and activity-tracking devices. Following Foucault's insight that the …
wearable digital health-and activity-tracking devices. Following Foucault's insight that the …
Governing at a distance: Social marketing and the (bio) politics of responsibility
P Crawshaw - Social science & medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
In the recently published lectures from the College de France series, The Birth of Bio-
Politics, Foucault (2009) offers his most explicit analysis of neo-liberal governmentality and …
Politics, Foucault (2009) offers his most explicit analysis of neo-liberal governmentality and …
[图书][B] Postfeminism and health: Critical psychology and media perspectives
Winner of the 2021 BPS Book Award: Academic Text category, this groundbreaking book
employs a transdisciplinary and poststructuralist methodology to develop the concept of …
employs a transdisciplinary and poststructuralist methodology to develop the concept of …
Telescoping the origins of obesity to women's bodies: how gender inequalities are being squeezed out of Barker's hypothesis
Aim: This paper traces the genealogy of the Barker hypothesis and its intersections with
popular representations of scientific discourses about pregnancy and maternal obesity …
popular representations of scientific discourses about pregnancy and maternal obesity …
“Your body is your business card”: Bodily capital and health authority in the fitness industry
DJ Hutson - Social science & medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Although scholars have noted the connection between appearance and assumptions of
health, the degree to which these assumptions matter for establishing authority in social …
health, the degree to which these assumptions matter for establishing authority in social …
Mothers as smoking guns: Fetal overnutrition and the reproduction of obesity
Mothers are expected to monitor their children's dietary intakes and physical activities and
are blamed for over feeding their children if they are obese. Women are also urged to …
are blamed for over feeding their children if they are obese. Women are also urged to …
The birth of the obesity clinic: Confessions of the flesh, biopedagogies and physical culture
G Rail - Sociology of sport journal, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
The recent construction of a so-called “obesity epidemic” has been fueled by
epidemiologically-based studies recuperated by the media and suggestions of the rapid …
epidemiologically-based studies recuperated by the media and suggestions of the rapid …
Material feminism, obesity science and the limits of discursive critique
M Warin - Body & society, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores a theoretical legacy that underpins the ways in which many social
scientists come to know and understand obesity. In attempting to distance itself from …
scientists come to know and understand obesity. In attempting to distance itself from …