Annotated BibiliographyCourtney, Bailey. "Supersizing America: Fatness and Post-9/11 Cultural Anxieties." Journal of Popular Culture 43, no. 3 (2010): 441-462.
Courtney discusses the impact of fast food on the health of Americans focusing on the documentary film "Super-Size Me" that accuses Mcdonald as the major contributor of health effects of American people. According to the author, the obesity is threatening the health of the American society because there is likely to be an increase in the childhood obesity in the nearest future. Thus, the author suggests that Americans should inculcate a diet culture to get thin.
Carla, Rice. "Becoming "the Fat Girl": Acquisition of an Unfit Identity." Women's Studies International Forum 30, no. 2 (2007): 158-74.
Carla explores the theory of feminist poststructuralist of fat that narrates diverse fat women in the Canadian context. The author documents the cultural message regarding fitness and fatness contributing to the perceptions of the fat frame being unfit for the societal values. Typically, size stereotypes have attributed to lack of physical activity and overeating. The author recommends that women need to be creative at self-making and indulge in physical activity.
Keith, Walden. "The Road to Fat City: An Interpretation of the Development of Weight Consciousness in Western Society." Historical Reflections. 12, no. 3 (1985): 331-73.
Keith argues that a weight consciousness started when the bourgeoisie was in power and maintaining class distinction leading many youths to embrace the ideas of sliminess. In the 19th century, body control was able to impose order on chaos brought about by the technological revolution which assisted in increasing growth weight consciousness. The author points out that some people have been able to prevent obesity by avoiding foods that contain sugar and starch as well as rigorously following the advice of physicians.
Seng, Loh Eng. "The Economic Effects of Physical Appearance." Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press) 74, no. 2 (1993): 420-438.
Seng investigates the effects of weight and height in a sample of young adult workers drawn from the data between 1981 and 1982. The findings reveal that weight and height are statistically impacted on wage...
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