Fat bodies, health and the media /

Our televisions bulge with weight-loss shows, as the news warn of the obesity epidemic. Fat is such a villain that larger people are stigmatized and we all are seduced by life-changing claims of a multi-billion pound diet industry. Yet, when we question if our bathroom scales can really tell us abou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Raisborough, Jayne, 1969- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Subjects:	Social sciences. Communication. Sociology. Religion and culture. Mass media. Social sciences in mass media. Human body > Social aspects. Sex (Psychology) Health in mass media.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Fat, the Media and a Fat Sensibility
2. The Matter of Fat
3. Fat Gets Melodramatic: The Obesity Epidemic and the News
4. Fat Finds Lifestyle: Introducing Reality Television
5. The Before: Fat Gets Ready for a Makeover
6. Sweat and Tears: Working at Redemption
7. Fat and on Benefits: The Obese Turn Abese
8. Conclusion: Fat Sensibility or Moral Panic?