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"Overweight" Bodies, Real and Imagined
This compilation gathers OER sources on body weight, nutrition, and movement, and it also problematizes the cultural meaning of these readings. Roughly, this anthology is divided into two parts--informational and theoretical--in depicting how medical research and journalism influence and are influenced by social stereotypes, constructed ideas about bodies, food, and individual choices within social systems....
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- Material Type:
- Open (Access) Textbook
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- October 30, 2023
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- September 7, 2025
- Author:
- Sarah Gilleman, Holyoke Community College
- Submitter:
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Cathy Swift
- Primary Audience:
- College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
- Technical Format:
- Website
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- Not specified at this time
- Language:
- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
