In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a
lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they
eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand
risk, health, and bodies. This volume addresses the lacuna by drawing on
ethnographic methods and analytical emic explorations in order to
consider the impact of cultural difference, embodiment, and local
knowledge on understanding obesity. It is through this reconstruction of
how obesity and fatness are studied and understood that a new discussion
will be introduced and a new set of analytical explorations about
obesity research and the effectiveness of obesity interventions will be
established.