Confusing and contradictory: Considering obesity discourse and eating disorders as they shape body pedagogies in HPE

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-233

  Cliff, Ken ^a   Wright, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Health and physical education; Obesity discourse; Pedagogy; Young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951894941     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573321003683893     Document Type: Article

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