Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse: Fat Fabrications

by Brian Davies (Author), JohnEvans (Author), EmmaRich (Author), RachelAllwood (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $47.51

  Eating less, exercising more and losing weight seem the obvious solution for the oncoming 'obesity epidemic'. This book investigates how 'body centred talk' about weight, fat, food and exercise is recycled in schools, enters educational processes, and impacts on the identities and health of young people.