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Fat Talk : What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674041547
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fat TalkDDC classification:
  • 613.2/5/08352
LOC classification:
  • RJ399
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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