Reconstructing obesity: the meaning of measures and the measure of meanings

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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Global Health, Naturalizing Measures, and Universalizing Effects -- ch. 1 Resocializing Body Weight, Obesity, and Health Agency / Anne E. Becker -- ch. 2 Mismeasure of Obesity / Emily Yates-Doerr -- ch. 3 "Diabesity" and the Stigmatizing of Lifestyle in Australia / Darlene McNaughton -- pt. II Large Embodiment and Histories of Fat -- ch. 4 Obesity in Cuba: Memories of the Special Period and Approaches to Weight Loss Today / Hanna Garth -- ch. 5 Fasting for Health, Fasting for God: Samoan Evangelical Christian Responses to Obesity and Chronic Disease / Jessica A. Hardin -- pt. III Cultures of Practice and Conflicting Interventions -- ch. 6 Perspectives on Diabetes and Obesity from an Anthropologist in Behavioral Medicine: Lessons Learned from the "Diabetes Care in American Samoa" Project / Rochelle K. Rosen -- ch. 7 Body Image and Weight Concerns among Emirati Women in the United Arab Emirates / Sarah Trainer -- ch. 8 "Not Neutral Ground": Exploring School as a Site for Childhood Obesity Intervention and Prevention Programs / Tina Moffat -- pt. IV Fat Etiologies, Stigma, and Gaps of Care in Biomedical Models of Obesity -- ch. 9 Ounce of Prevention, a Ton of Controversy: Exploring Tensions in the Fields of Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention / Jessica A. Joseph -- ch. 10 Fat and Knocked-Up: An Embodied Analysis of Stigma, Visibility, and Invisibility in the Biomedical Management of an Obese Pregnancy / Megan B. McCullough.