The Fat Child

Waite, Laura and Pritchard, Erin (2017) The Fat Child. In: Childhood Today. Sage, London, pp. 125-138.

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Abstract

Chapter objectives
 Understand that body size is historically, socially and culturally constructed.
 Recognise that fatness and health are not necessarily synonymous.
 Appreciate that tackling fat stigma and fat prejudice are important endeavours in improving children’s health.

Item Type: Book Section
Faculty / Department: Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User: Laura WAITE
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2017 16:32
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2021 15:49
URI: https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/2192

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