In contemporary western societies, the fat body has become a focus of stigmatizing
discourses and practices aimed at disciplining, regulating and containing it. Despite the fact …

What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political
preoccupations? Where is it going as an idea, and what is at stake in its ongoing …

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 …

In the past decade, progressive public health advocates and food justice activists have
increasingly argued that food deserts, which they define as neighborhoods lacking available …

TV cookery shows hosted by celebrity chefs. Meal prep kitchens. Online grocers and
restaurant review sites. Competitive eating contests, carnivals and fairs, and junk food …

Obesity is associated with chronic diseases that may negatively affect individuals' health and
the sustainability of the health care system. Despite increasing emphasis on obesity as a …

The potential for regulatory measures to address escalating rates of obesity is widely
acknowledged in public health circles. Many advocates support regulations for their …

The popular narrative of" globesity" posits that the adoption of Western diets is intensifying
obesity and diabetes in the Global South and that disordered metabolisms are the embodied …

In the past decade, obesity has emerged as a major public health concern in the United
States and abroad. At the federal, state, and local level, policy makers have begun drafting a …

A key focus for geographical and policy work on obesity has involved interrogating the
concept of an 'obesogenic environment'–an environment with particular physical, social and …