Social construction of obesity and its impacts.

• Main Author: Lim, Maureen Swee Kuan.
• Other Authors: Zhou Wubiao
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38844
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper covers the idea of obesity and how obese persons feel powerless and alienated from society due to their obesity. I realized that weight discrimination could be as common as racial discrimination and it is a social problem that requires our understanding. Obesity is often associated with n...