Measuring fatness, governing bodies: The spatialities of the body mass index (BMI) in anti-obesity politics

Antipode

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1051-1083

  Evans, Bethan ^a   Colls, Rachel ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Bodies; Children; Foucault; Governmentality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEALTH POLICY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449409199     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00706.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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