LEADER 04199nam 22007211 450 001 9910790681803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78533-028-4 010 $a1-78238-142-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782381426 035 $a(CKB)2550000001126071 035 $a(EBL)1375257 035 $a(OCoLC)859837495 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001002351 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12473259 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002351 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10997460 035 $a(PQKB)11433207 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1375257 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1375257 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10774308 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL526711 035 $a(DE-B1597)637121 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782381426 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001126071 100 $a20130422d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReconstructing obesity $ethe meaning of measures and the measure of meanings /$fedited by Megan B. McCullough and Jessica A. Hardin 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aFood, Nutrition, and Culture ;$vv.2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78238-141-4 311 $a1-299-95460-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographies and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction-Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings; Part I-Global Health, Naturalizing Measures, and Universalizing Effects; Chapter 1-Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity, and Health Agency; Chapter 2-The Mismeasure of Obesity; Chapter 3-""Diabesity"" and the Stigmatizing of Lifestyle in Australia; Part II-Large Embodiment and Histories of Fat; Chapter 4-Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today 327 $aChapter 5-Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic DiseasePart III-Cultures of Practice and Conflicting Interventions; Chapter 6-Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine: Lessons Learned from the ""Diabetes Care in American Samoa"" Project; Chapter 7-Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates; Chapter 8-""Not Neutral Ground"": Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs 327 $aPart IV-Fat Etiologies, Stigma, and Gaps of Care in Biodmedical Models of ObesityChapter 9- An Ounce of Prevention, a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention; Chapter 10-Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisbility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy; Afterword; Contributors; Index 330 $a In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand risk, health, and bodies. This volume addresses the lacuna by drawing on ethnographic methods and analytical emic explorations in order to consider the impact of cultural difference, embodiment, and local knowledge on understanding obesity. It is through this reconstruction of how obesity and fatness are studied and understood that a new discussion will be introduced and a new set of a 410 0$aFood, Nutrition, and Culture 606 $aObesity$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aFood habits$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aFood preferences$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aBody image$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aObesity 615 0$aFood habits 615 0$aFood preferences 615 0$aBody image 676 $a362.1963/980072 701 $aMcCullough$b Megan B$01472946 701 $aHardin$b Jessica A$01472947 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790681803321 996 $aReconstructing obesity$93685993 997 $aUNINA