Debating Obesity

1. Introduction: Contesting Obesity Discourse and Presenting an Alternative
Emma Rich, Lee F. Monaghan, Lucy Aphramor

2. Does Fat Kill? A Critique of the Epidemiological Evidence
Paul Campos

3. Bodily Sensibility: Vocabularies of the Discredited Male Body
Lee F. Monaghan, Michael Hardey

4. ‘You Can’t Be Supersized?’ Exploring Femininities, Body Size and Control within the Obesity Terrain
Irmgard Tischner, Helen Malson

5. Doing More Good than Harm? The Absent Presence of Children’s Bodies in (Anti-)Obesity Policy
Bethan Evans, Rachel Colls

6. Children’s Bodies, Surveillance and the Obesity Crisis
Emma Rich, John Evans, Laura Pian

7. Fat Lib: How Fat Activism Expands the Obesity Debate
Charlotte Cooper

8. Helping People Change: Promoting Politicised Practice in the Health Care Professions
Lucy Aphramor, Jacqui Gingras

9. Conclusion: Reflections on and Developing Critical Weight Studies
Lee F. Monaghan, Emma Rich, Lucy Aphramor

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology of the Body, Social Policy, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Medical Sociology, Cultural Studies