Fat Talk : What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting.
Nichter, Mimi.
Fat Talk : What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Barbie and Beyond -- 1 In the Presence of the Perfect Girl -- 2 Fat Talk -- 3 Are Girls Really Dieting? -- 4 Who Will I Look Like? -- 5 Mothers, Daughters, and Dieting -- 6 Looking Good among African-American Girls -- 7 What We Can Do -- Appendix A: Research Strategies -- Appendix B: Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
The result of a study that followed hundreds of teen-aged girls for three years, this book reveals the subtleties, the complexities, and the realities of girls' ideas about their shapes, eating habits, and physical ideals. Nichter uses an engaging narrative style to explore the influence of peers, family, and media on girls' sense of self.
9780674041547
Teenage girls-Nutrition.
Reducing diets.
Obesity in adolescence.
Body image in adolescence.
Electronic books.
RJ399
613.2/5/08352
Fat Talk : What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Barbie and Beyond -- 1 In the Presence of the Perfect Girl -- 2 Fat Talk -- 3 Are Girls Really Dieting? -- 4 Who Will I Look Like? -- 5 Mothers, Daughters, and Dieting -- 6 Looking Good among African-American Girls -- 7 What We Can Do -- Appendix A: Research Strategies -- Appendix B: Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
The result of a study that followed hundreds of teen-aged girls for three years, this book reveals the subtleties, the complexities, and the realities of girls' ideas about their shapes, eating habits, and physical ideals. Nichter uses an engaging narrative style to explore the influence of peers, family, and media on girls' sense of self.
9780674041547
Teenage girls-Nutrition.
Reducing diets.
Obesity in adolescence.
Body image in adolescence.
Electronic books.
RJ399
613.2/5/08352