# Overweight Bodies, Real and Imagined

- By: Sarah Gilleman
- Publisher: Holyoke Community College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development/Overweight_Bodies_Real_and_Imagined_(Gilleman))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development/Overweight_Bodies_Real_and_Imagined_(Gilleman)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-194405/pdf

This compilation gathers OER sources on body weight, nutrition, and movement, and it also problematizes the cultural meaning of these readings. Roughly, this anthology is divided into two parts--informational and theoretical--in depicting how medical research and journalism influence and are influenced by social stereotypes, constructed ideas about bodies, food, and individual choices within social systems.