Over the past decade, concerns about a global -obesity epidemic- have flourished. Public health messages around physical activity, fitness, and nutrition permeate society despite significant evidence disputing the -facts- we have come to believe about -obesity-. We live in a culture that privileges thinness and enables weight-based oppression, often expressed as fat phobia and fat bullying. New interdisciplinary fields that problematize -obesity- have emerged, including critical obesity studies, critical weight studies, and fat studies. There also is a small but growing literature examining...

Over the past decade, concerns about a global obesity epidemic have flourished. Public health messages around physical activity, fitness, and nutrition permeate society despite significant evidence disputing the facts we have come to believe about obesity. We live in a culture that privileges thinness and enables weight-based oppression, often expressed as fat phobia and fat bullying. New interdisciplinary fields that problematize obesity have emerged, including critical obesity studies, critical weight studies, and fat studies. There also is a small but growing literature examining...