Negotiating popular obesity discourses in adolescence: School food, personal responsibility, and gendered food consumption behaviors

Food, Culture and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-606

  Taylor, Nicole L ^a  

^a School of Advanced Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dieting; Gender; High school; Obesity; Personal responsibility; School food environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053612069     PISSN: 15528014     EISSN: 17517443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174411X13046092851433     Document Type: Article

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