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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Laura BackstromPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.004kg ISBN: 9780813599120ISBN 10: 0813599121 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 05 April 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents 1 Embodied Inequality, Childhood Obesity, and the “Problem Child” 2 Studying Camp Odyssey 3 Learning Embodied Inequality through Social Comparisons 4 “It’s Not A Fat Camp:” The Decision to Attend Camp 5 Change Your Body, Change Yourself: Camp Resocialization 6 The Benefits of Weight Loss Camp…and the Dark Side 7 “They Were Born Lucky:” Weight Attribution among the Campers 8 Conclusion Acknowledgements IndexReviewsFat camps are ostensibly designed to help kids lose weight by a compulsory diet. Like every other diet, it does not work. What the kids take away and keep is that their self-worth depends on their body size and that they do not measure up to societal expectations, learning that they must change themselves rather than celebrate what makes us all different. Weighty Problems is a wake-up call to adults to rethink what we are teaching children. A must-read for those interested in child health and well-being. --Abigail C. Saguy author of What's Wrong with Fat? Weighty Problems is an engaging and well-written exploration of the ways in which current cultural framings of childhood obesity are experienced by children. In focusing on how children navigate the cultural meanings of fatness, Backstrom shows that the internalization of these messages carries over into adulthood. --Natalie Boero author of Killer Fat Recommended. --Choice Fat camps are ostensibly designed to help kids lose weight by a compulsory diet. Like every other diet, it does not work. What the kids take away and keep is that their self-worth depends on their body size and that they do not measure up to societal expectations, learning that they must change themselves rather than celebrate what makes us all different. Weighty Problems is a wake-up call to adults to rethink what we are teaching children. A must-read for those interested in child health and well-being. --Abigail C. Saguy author of What's Wrong with Fat? Weighty Problems is an engaging and well-written exploration of the ways in which current cultural framings of childhood obesity are experienced by children. In focusing on how children navigate the cultural meanings of fatness, Backstrom shows that the internalization of these messages carries over into adulthood. --Natalie Boero author of Killer Fat Weighty Problems is an engaging and well-written exploration of the ways in which current cultural framings of childhood obesity are experienced by children. In focusing on how children navigate the cultural meanings of fatness, Backstrom shows that the internalization of these messages carries over into adulthood. --Natalie Boero author of Killer Fat Author InformationLAURA BACKSTROM is an assistant professor of sociology at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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