Pobres joves grassos: Obesitat i itineraris juvenils a Catalunya

Identifier:  PC:1285

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC1285

Authors:  Diversos Autors; Mabel Gracia-Arnaiz

Abstract:
In Poor little fat kids we ask how and why in recent decades certain dietary and bodily practices have become problems with social, cultural and political implications for public health. In this regard, our research is the continuation of more than ten years of studies into eating disorders, with a particular focus on the sociocultural study of obesity. By means of an ethnographic study of the field of healthcare and through the internet, we analyse the experiences and representations of being and feeling fat among young Catalans. Our principal objective is to determine if being overweight has affected their personal and social lives and, in particular, if it encourages specific forms of discrimination in educational, family or leisure settings.