Obesity at the Crossroads: Feminist and Public Health Perspectives

It is the conflicts about the correct approach to women's weight that seem particularly surprising and troubling. Lavishing attention on the cultural valuation of thinness and such eating disorders as bulimia and anorexia, women's studies tends to view fat as an aesthetic and moral issue a...

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Published in:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 2006-01, Vol.31 (2), p.425-443
Main Authors: Yancey, Antronette K., Leslie, Joanne, Abel, Emily K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Epidemics
Exercise
Fast food restaurants
Females
Feminism
Food consumption
Food habits
Food industries
Gender
Obesity
Overweight
Physical activity
Public Health
Research Methodology
Self image
Social inequality
Socioeconomic Status
Sustainable food systems
U.S.A
Women
Women's health
Womens studies
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Summary:It is the conflicts about the correct approach to women's weight that seem particularly surprising and troubling. Lavishing attention on the cultural valuation of thinness and such eating disorders as bulimia and anorexia, women's studies tends to view fat as an aesthetic and moral issue and thus to slight accumulating data about the health consequences of the obesity epidemic and to ignore the socioeconomic inequities that place women at higher risk for obesity. Here, Yancey et al examine the findings of recent obesity research in such a way as to engage the attention of women's studies scholars and spur them to action.
ISSN:0097-9740
1545-6943
DOI:10.1086/491682