I'm not dieting, 'I'm doing it for science': Masculinities and the experience of dieting

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-342

  Mallyon, Anna ^a   Holmes, Mary ^a   Coveney, John ^a   Zadoroznyj, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dieting; Gendered habitus; Masculinities; Obesity; Overweight; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551591509     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.3.330     Document Type: Article

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