Fat blame : how the war on obesity victimizes women and children / April Michelle Herndon.
Series: Culture AmericaPublication details: Lawrence, KA : University Press of Kansas, 2014.Description: x, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780700619658
- 0700619658
- Overweight children -- Mental health
- Overweight women -- Mental health
- Obesity in women -- Social aspects
- Obesity in children -- Social aspects
- Discrimination against overweight persons -- United States
- Body image -- United States
- Obesity -- United States
- Weight loss -- Social aspects -- United States
- Weight loss -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- 616.398/00973 23
- RM222.2 .H367 2014
- 2014 H-313
- WD 212
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-194) and index.
The mother of all wars -- Children first : maternal ideology in the war on obesity -- There's no place like home : fatness and families in the courts -- Public and private shame : using children as message boards -- What if the cure is worse than the disease? : how we treat children in the age of obesity -- A cramped room.
"Fat Blame is a book about how the war on obesity is, in many ways, shaping up to be a battle against women and children, especially women and children who are marginalized via class and race. While conceding that fatness can be linked to certain conditions, or that some populations might be heavier than others, Herndon is more interested in the ways women and children are blamed for obesity and the ways interventions aimed at preventing obesity are problematic in and of themselves. From bariatric surgeries being performed on children to women being positioned as responsible for carrying to term a generation of thin children, her book looks closely at the stories of real people whose lives are drastically altered by interventions that are supposedly for their own good"-- Publisher.