Fox, N.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-2037-2664, Bissell, P., Peacock, M. et al. (1 more author) (2018) The Micropolitics of Obesity: Materialism, Markets and Food Sovereignty. Sociology, 52 (1). pp. 111-127. ISSN 0038-0385
Abstract
This article shifts focus from an individualised and anthropocentric perspective on obesity, and uses a new materialist analysis to explore the assemblages of materialities producing fat and slim bodies. We report data from a study of adults’ accounts of food decision-making and practices, investigating circulations of matter and desires that affect the production, distribution, accumulation and dispersal of fat, and disclose a micropolitics of obesity, which affects bodies in both ‘becoming-fat’ and ‘becoming-slim’ assemblages. These assemblages comprise bodies, food, fat, physical environments, food producers and processing industries, supermarkets and other food retailers and outlets, diet regimens and weight loss clubs, and wider social, cultural and economic formations, along with the thoughts, feelings, ideas and human desires concerning food consumption and obesity. The analysis reveals the significance of the marketisation of food, and discusses whether public health responses to obesity should incorporate a food sovereignty component.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s). This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Sociology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2016 09:43 |
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2021 11:19 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038516647668 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0038038516647668 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101410 |
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