{"product_id":"schooled-on-fat-by-nicole-taylor-9781138924215","title":"Schooled on Fat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the \u003cstrong\u003eReader Views Literary Award, Societal Issues\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eReviewers Choice Best Non-fiction Book of the Year, Specialty Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSchooled on Fat\u003c\/em\u003e explores how body image, social status, fat stigma and teasing, food consumption behaviours, and exercise practices intersect in the daily lives of adolescent girls and boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on nine months of fieldwork at a high school located near Tucson, Arizona, the book draws on social, linguistic, and theoretical contexts to illustrate how teens navigate the fraught realities of body image within a high school culture that reinforced widespread beliefs about body size as a matter of personal responsibility while offering limited opportunity to exercise and an abundance of fattening junk foods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaylor also traces policy efforts to illustrate where we are as a nation in addressing childhood obesity and offers practical strategies schools and parents can use to promote teen wellness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is ideal for courses on the body, fat studies, gender studies, language and culture, school culture and policy, public ethnography, deviance, and youth culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607537697004,"sku":"9781138924215","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138924215-schooled-on-fat.jpg?v=1778170551","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/schooled-on-fat-by-nicole-taylor-9781138924215","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}