Fatness and the maternal body : women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy / edited by Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Soraya Tremayne.

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

xiii, 231 pages ; 24 cm.

Introduction : corporeality and reproduction : understanding fatness through diverse experiences of motherhood, consumption and social regulation / Maya Unnithan-Kumar -- The traffic in 'nature' : maternal bodies and obesity / Megan Warin, Vivienne Moore and Michael Davies -- Fat and fertility, mobility and slaves : long-term perspectives on Tuareg obesity and reproduction / Sara Randall -- Women of great weight : fatness, reproduction and gender dynamics in Tuareg society / Saskia Walentowitz -- Childbearing, breastfeeding and body weight in Tanzania : three bodies, three individuals, many different interrelations among the Wagogo (Central Tanzania) / Mara Mabilia -- The 'obesity cycle' : the impact of maternal obesity on the exogenous and endogenous causes of obesity in offspring in the United Kingdom / Nicola Heslehurst -- Culture, diet and maternal body : Ghanaian women's perspectives on food, fat and childbearing / Ama de-Graft Aikins -- Unhealthy, unwealthy, unwise : social policy and nutritional education in a disadvantaged community in Ireland / Shauna Clarke -- The Maharaja Mac : changing dietary patterns in India / Devi Sridhar -- Is there a relation between fatness and reproductive health? A study of body mass index and reproductive health of Indian women / Aravinda Meera Guntupalli -- Reproducing inequalities : theories and ethics in dietetics / Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras.

Includes bibliographical references and index.