Weighty Problems : Embodied Inequality at a Children's Weight Loss Camp.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (171 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Embodied Inequality, Childhood Obesity, and the "Problem Child -- 2. Studying Camp Odyssey -- 3. Learning Embodied Inequality through Social Comparisons -- 4. "It's Not a Fat Camp": The Decision to Attend Camp -- 5. "They Were Born Lucky": Weight Attribution among the Campers -- 6. Change Your Body, Change Yourself: Camp Resocialization -- 7. The Benefits of Weight Loss Camp . . . and the Dark Side -- 8. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
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Obesity in children-Psychological aspects. Weight loss-Psychological aspects. Body image in children.