Weighty Problems: Embodied Inequality at a Children's Weight Loss Camp

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Investigating contemporary cultural discourses around childhood obesity, the book reveals how children internalize fat stigma during their formative socialization. Laura Backstrom explores the construction of embodied inequality through various interactional processes such as resocialization, stigma management, social comparisons, and attribution. This examination highlights the complex ways children navigate and negotiate their experiences with societal perceptions of weight.