Fat Bodies, Health and the Media

1. Introduction: Fat, the Media, and a Fat Sensibility
Jayne Raisborough

Part I. Dramatis Personae: Introducing Fat, Health and Mass Media

2. The Matter of Fat
Jayne Raisborough

3. Fat Gets Melodramatic: The Obesity Epidemic and the News
Jayne Raisborough

4. Fat Finds Lifestyle: Introducing Reality Television
Jayne Raisborough

Part II. Fat Hits the Small Screen

5. The Before: Fat Gets Ready for a Makeover
Jayne Raisborough

6. Sweat and Tears: Working at Redemption
Jayne Raisborough

7. Fat and on Benefits: The Obese Turn Abese
Jayne Raisborough

8. Conclusion: Fat Sensibility or Moral Panic?
Jayne Raisborough

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Sociology of the Body, Sociology of Culture, Media Studies, Gender Studies, Media Sociology