Social aspects of obesity
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Social aspects of obesity
（Culture and ecology of food and nutrition, v. 1）
Gordon and Breach Publishers, c1995
- hbk
- pbk
Available at 4 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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hbk ISBN 9782884491853
Description
This collection of essays examines obesity not as an objective medical or psychological problem, but as a subjective social and cultural phenomenon. The contributors take a cross-cultural perspective, examining both the negative casting of obesity in developed countries and the traditional view of obesity as a positive characteristic in subsistence societies which is threatened by the dominance of Western culture.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Cultural fattening processes: Physique of Sumo Wrestlers in Relation to Some Cultural Characteristics of Japan
- Fertility and Fat - The Among Fattening Room
- Social Fattening Patterns in the Pacific - The Positive Side of Obesity
- A Nauru Case Study
- Taste, Food Regimes and Fatness - A Study in Social Stratification
- Vegetarianism and Fatness - An Undervalued Perception of the Body. Part 2: Physical and social aspects: Potential Advantages and Disadvantages of Human Obesity
- Obesity and Physical Fitness -an Age-Dependent Functional and Social Handicap
- Educational Attainment, Stress Hormones, Body Fat and Health - A Sociocultural Neuroendocrine Pathway? Part 3: Social phenomenon associated with obesity: Changing Food Consumption and Body Image Among Malays
- Polynesian Responses to Modernization - Overweight and Obesity in the South Pacific
- Activity Level and Obesity Among Samoans
- Evaluation of Fatness in Traditional Japanese Society.
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pbk ISBN 9782884491860
Description
This collection of essays examines obesity not as an objective medical or psychological problem, but as a subjective social and cultural phenomenon. The contributors take a cross-cultural perspective, examining both the negative casting of obesity in developed countries and the traditional view of obesity as a positive characteristic in subsistence societies which is threatened by the dominance of Western culture.
Table of Contents
- I: Cultural Fattening Processes
- 1: Food and Fatness in Calabria
- 2: Physique of Sumo Wrestlers in Relation to Some Cultural Characteristics of Japan
- 3: Sociocultural Aspects of the Male Fattening Sessions among the Massa of Northern Cameroon
- 4: Fertility and Fat: The Annang Fattening Room
- 5: Social Fattening Patterns in the Pacific-the Positive Side of Obesity. A Nauru Case Study
- 6: Taste, Food Regimens and Fatness. A Study in Social Stratification
- 7: Vegetarianism and Fatness: An Undervalued Perception of the Body
- II: Physical and Social Aspects
- 8: Potential Advantages and Disadvantages of Human Obesity
- 9: Obesity and Physical Fitness: An Age-Dependent Functional and Social Handicap
- 10: Obesity and Overweight in Polish Men and Women: Social Determinants
- 11: Educational Attainment, Stress Hormones, Body Fat and Health: A Sociocultural Neuroendocrine Pathway?
- III: Social Phenomena Associated with Obesity
- 12: Changing Food Consumption and Body Images among Malays
- 13: Polynesian Responses to Modernization: Overweight and Obesity in the South Pacific
- 14: Activity Level and Obesity among Samoans
- 15: Obesity and Fatness as seen by the Azande in Central Africa
- 16: Evaluation of Fatness in Traditional Japanese Society
- 17: Social Aspects of Obesity and Fatness: A Critique
- 18: Social Aspects of Obesity and Fatness: Conclusion
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