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Watching Our Weights

- The Contradictions of Televising Fatness in the "Obesity Epidemic

About Watching Our Weights

Examines the resistance inherent within TV representations and narratives of fatness as a global health issue, the inherent and overt resistance found across stories of medicalized fatness, and programs that actively avoid dieting narratives in favour of less oppressive ways of thinking about the fat body.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780813593555
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 200
  • Published:
  • February 6, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 157x236x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 408 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: September 18, 2025

Description of Watching Our Weights

Examines the resistance inherent within TV representations and narratives of fatness as a global health issue, the inherent and overt resistance found across stories of medicalized fatness, and programs that actively avoid dieting narratives in favour of less oppressive ways of thinking about the fat body.

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