Currently a great deal of public discourse around health is on the assumed relationship between childhood inactivity, young people’s diets, and a putative ste

Currently a great deal of public discourse around health is on the assumed relationship between childhood inactivity, young people’s diets, and a putative ste

This volume examines women's contradictory experiences of their bodies, health and exercise within the cultural context of consumerism. Featuring contributions

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This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis. It develops both theoretical and conceptual arg