# "Overweight" Bodies, Real and Imagined \[Revised Edition\]

- By: Sarah Gilleman
- Publisher: ROTEL
- Source: [Open Textbook Library](https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/overweight-bodies-real-and-imagined)
- Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
- Online: https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/overweight-bodies/
- PDF: https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/overweight-bodies/
- eBook: https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/overweight-bodies/

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.