Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies

<p>The <em>Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies</em> is an authoritative and challenging guide to the breadth and depth of critical thinking and theory on obesity. Rather than focusing on obesity as a public health crisis to be solved this reference work offers divergent and radical strategies alongside biomedical and positivist discourses.</p><p>Comprised of thirty nine original chapters from internationally recognised academics as well as emerging scholars the Handbook engages students academics researchers and practitioners in contemporary critical scholarship on obesity; encourages engagement of social science and related disciplines in critical thinking and theorising on obesity; enhances critical theoretical and methodological work in the area highlighting potential gaps as well as strengths; relates critical scholarship to new and evolving areas of obesity-related practices policies and research. </p><p>This multidisciplinary and international collection is designed for a broad audience of academics researchers students and practitioners within the social and health sciences including sociology obesity science public health medicine sports studies fat studies psychology nutrition science education and disability studies.</p>