The many meanings of obesity now and then

Isabel Fletcher

doi:10.1057/biosoc.2016.14

The many meanings of obesity now and then

Isabel Fletcher

School of Law

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Abstract

A combined review of Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meaning edited by Megan B. McCullough and Jessica A. Hardin, and The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity by Georges Vigarello that situates these texts within current social science writing on obesity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	267-271
Number of pages	5
Journal	BioSocieties
Volume	11
Issue number	2
Early online date	2 Jun 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/biosoc.2016.14
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2 Jun 2016

Keywords

obesity
anthropology
history

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