Schooled on Fat: What Teens Tell Us About Gender, Body Image, and Obesity

by Nicole Taylor

Book Overview

Winner of the Reader Views Literary Award, Societal Issues and the Reviewers Choice Best Non-fiction Book of the Year, Specialty Awards, Schooled on Fat explores how body image, social status, fat stigma and teasing, food consumption behaviors, and exercise practices intersect in the daily lives of adolescent girls and boys. Based on nine months of fieldwork at a high school located near Tucson, Arizona, the book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138924210
• ISBN13: 9781138924215
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"