Download or read book Legislating Fatness written by Stephanie von Liebenstein and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discrimination based on body weight is an underestimated and widespread problem. There is not a single national law worldwide that prohibits weight discrimination, but quite a number of laws and policies that reinforce, or at least reflect, the existing socially ubiquitous weight stigma. This volume focuses on where and how fatness and law intersect, discussing current anti-discrimination protections related to fatness; the ongoing debate around the introduction of new anti-discrimination categories; national and international principles that seem to argue against the introduction of legal protection of fatness; the question whether fatness should be considered a disability; and weight stigma in legal practice. Starting from a fat studies perspective, this book also considers the legal implications of anti-discrimination legislation for fatness through an intersectional lens, noting how fatness often overlaps with other marginalized identities, including race and ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status. This book will be of interest to both professional and lay audiences, providing an introduction into the legal aspects of weightism, as well as offering solutions for legislative practice. It will be an invaluable resource for everyone who would like to be more weight-sensitive in their legal work. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society.
Download or read book Fatness Obesity and Disadvantage in the Australian Suburbs written by Megan Warin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ethnography takes the reader into the Australian suburbs to learn about food, eating and bodies during the highly political context of one of Australia’s largest childhood obesity interventions. While there is ample evidence about the number of people who are overweight or obese and an abundance of information about what and how to eat, obesity remains ‘a problem’ in high-income countries such as Australia. Rather than rely on common assumptions that people are making all the wrong choices, this volume reveals the challenges of ‘eating healthy’ when money is scarce and how, different versions of being fat and doing fat happen in everyday worlds of precarity. Without acknowledgement of the multiple realities of fatness and obesity, interventions will continue to have limited reach.
Download or read book The Obesity Epidemic written by Michael Gard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing obesity levels are currently big news but do we think carefully enough about what this trend actually means? Everybody – including doctors, parents, teachers, sports clubs, businesses and governments – has a role to play in the ‘war on obesity’. But is talk of an obesity ‘crisis’ justified? Is it the product of measured scientific reasoning or age-old ‘habits of mind’? Why is it happening now? And are there potential risks associated with talking about obesity as an ‘epidemic’? The Obesity Epidemic proposes that obesity science and the popular media present a complex mix of ambiguous knowledge, familiar (yet unstated) moral agendas and ideological assumptions.
Download or read book Alcohol Tobacco and Obesity written by Kirsten Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Rethinking Obesity written by Lee F. Monaghan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, Rethinking Obesity invites readers to reconsider the medical and public health framing of population weight (gain) as a massive global problem, epidemic or crisis. Attentive to social values, scientific uncertainty and possible harms, the book furthers critique of the weight-centred health paradigm and world war on obesity. Building upon existing international literature from critical weight studies, fat studies and critical obesity research, the book advances scholarship with reference to body politics and health policy, epidemiology and obesity science, media reporting and weight-related stigma. The authors resist the common moralised narrative that ‘the overweight majority’ are lazy, gluttonous, and personally responsible for their actual or potential ills and the solution ultimately necessitates individual lifestyle change. Critique is also extended to seemingly compassionate public health interventions that putatively avoid victim-blaming through an appeal to ‘the obesogenic environment’, a consequence of modern living. Empirical case studies are grounded in women’s repeated and often frustrating experiences of dieting and schoolgirls’ encounters with fat pedagogy, which challenges dominant obesity discourse. Recognising that declared public health crises may become layered and cascade through society, this book also includes timely research on the COVID-19 pandemic response amidst concerns about lockdown weight-gain, heightened risk of infection and death among people deemed overweight and obese. Rethinking Obesity interrogates how social injustice is reproduced not only through cruelty but also through seemingly benevolent representations, pedagogies and policies. Alternative approaches and action, ranging from weight-inclusive health paradigms to broader social change, are also considered when seeking to foster collective hope in crisis times. This is valuable reading for students and researchers in medical sociology, social and population health sciences, physical education, critical weight and fat studies, and the social dimensions of the body.
Download or read book Legislating Morality in America written by Donald P. Haider-Markel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title undertakes an impartial, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the moral arguments and ideas behind the laws and policies that govern personal, corporate, and government behavior in the United States. This A–Z encyclopedia surveys the moral arguments that provide the foundation for many of the most important and/or divisive laws, policies, and beliefs that govern modern American society. The work discusses such controversial and important issues as abortion, civil rights, drugs and alcohol, euthanasia, guns, hate crimes, immigration, immunization, natural resource use and protection, prostitution, same-sex marriage, and workplace laws. In the process of surveying historical and current beliefs about appropriate legislative responses to these issues, this work will help readers to understand how conservative and liberal conceptions of justice, fairness, and morality are at the center of so many hot-button political and social issues in 21st century America. The essays featured in the volume cover wide-ranging and controversial topics related to constitutional and religious freedoms, crime and punishment, sexuality and reproduction, environmental protection and public health, national security and civil liberties, social welfare programs, and education.
Download or read book Reconstructing Obesity written by Megan B. McCullough and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand risk, health, and bodies. This volume addresses the lacuna by drawing on ethnographic methods and analytical emic explorations in order to consider the impact of cultural difference, embodiment, and local knowledge on understanding obesity. It is through this reconstruction of how obesity and fatness are studied and understood that a new discussion will be introduced and a new set of analytical explorations about obesity research and the effectiveness of obesity interventions will be established.
Download or read book Biopolitics and the Obesity Epidemic written by Jan Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different individuals, social groups and institutions. Contributors from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia provide original, accessible, and engaging chapters on issues such as the effects on individuals, families, youths and schools. The timely contributions offered by Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ to this highly topical area will be of interest to a wide range of readers, including teachers, education professionals, community health and allied professionals, and academics in areas such as education, health, youth studies, social work and psychology.
Download or read book Obesity Oral and written evidence written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity : Third Report of Session 2003-04
Download or read book Debating Obesity written by E. Rich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis. It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'.
Download or read book Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity written by Debasis Bagchi and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of social systems and government policy and programs. Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity explores these with an approach that considers the current state of childhood obesity around the world as well as future projections, the most highly cited factors contributing to childhood obesity, what it means for the future both for children and society, and suggestions for steps to address and potentially prevent childhood obesity. - This book will cover the multi-faceted factors contributing to the rapidly growing childhood obesity epidemic - The underlying causes and current status of rapidly growing obesity epidemic in children in the global scenario will be discussed - The strategies for childhood obesity prevention and treatment such as physical activity and exercise, personalized nutrition plans and school and community involvement will be presented
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity written by John Cawley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 911 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes the findings and insights of obesity-related research from the full range of social sciences including anthropology, economics, government, psychology, and sociology.
Download or read book Handling Obesity written by Jill C. Wheeler and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores obesity and how people with the disease manage it. It examines how obesity affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains how obesity can be prevented and treated. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Regulating Obesity written by W.A. Bogart and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regulating Obesity?: Government, Society, and Questions of Health explores the effectiveness of legal interventions aimed at promoting healthier lifestyles. In this book, W.A. Bogart suggests that the government's emphasis on encouraging weight loss and preventing excess weight gain have largely failed to resolve obesity and have instead fueled prejudice against overweight people. He suggests that a major challenge lies in shifting norms away from stigmatization of the obese and towards more nutritious and healthy lifestyle habits in addition to the acceptance of bodies in all shapes and sizes. Part of this challenge lies in the complex effects of law and its relationship with norms, including the unintended consequences of regulation. Regulating Obesity? begins by arguing for the protection of the overweight and obese from discrimination through human rights laws. It then examines three other areas of interventions--marketing, fiscal policy, and physical activity--and how these interventions operate within the context of "health equity." Professor Bogart evaluates the effectiveness of legal regulation in addressing obesity and concludes that a healthier population is more important than a thinner population. Regulating Obesity? is the first book to engage in the comprehensive evaluation of this role for law and the implications of society's fascination with regulating consumption.
Download or read book The End of the Obesity Epidemic written by Michael Gard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite apocalyptic predictions from a vocal alliance of health professionals, politicians and social commentators that rising obesity levels would lead to a global health crisis, the crisis has not materialised. Offering a road map through the maze of claims and counter-claims, while still holding to a sceptical standpoint, The End of the Obesity Epidemic provides an unparalleled anatomy of obesity as a scientific, political and cultural issue. It is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the science or sociology of health and lifestyle.
Download or read book Obesity Public Enemy 1 or Death written by Oscar Zaldaña Paredes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains basic information, specific and easy to understand about the problematic that Obesity and excess weight poses to the world's population. At this time, Obesity is one of the greatest problems that plague the health of societies, bringing to billions of dollars the treatment costs and increasing day by day the number of deaths directly related to this phenomenon. This work is intended to raise awareness in young people and adults of the many risks that arise from a lack of nutritional balance and incorrect feeding. It is this way that this data collection provides an alert and invites us to reflect on the theme of food. Very important to be noted is that Obesity is hitting the world in general and sharply the youth and children from the majority of developed and developing countries. If we get through this effort to raise people awareness of the problems associated with obesity then we will have achieved the objective reason for us to prepare this research. We thank all the people who encouraged us to publish our work and constantly supported us to achieve our goals.
Download or read book Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children written by Peter G. Kopelman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly Commended in the 2006 British Medical AssociationBook Awards (Endocrinology) This Second Edition brings together more than 20 internationallyrecognized experts in the field to provide a timely review ofcurrent knowledge. The text remains an invaluable resource for allhealthcare professionals involved in the care of patients who areobese. New features of this Second Edition include: Addition of two new co-editors – Professor Bill Dietz,USA and Professor Ian Caterson, Australia Increased number of contributors from around the globe –providing a truly international perspective Includes new information about the causes of obesity, itscomplications and new (and novel) methods of prevention andtreatment Reorganized into sections that address obesity and its socialand cultural aspects, biology, associated diseases, life stages(pediatric and adult), management, and environmental and policyapproaches
