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Gard, Michael; Wright, Jan – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2001
Examines how certainty about children, obesity, exercise, and health is produced in the context of 'expert' knowledge and recontextualized in the academic and professional physical education literature. Argues that the unquestioning acceptance of the obesity discourses in physical education helps to construct anxieties about the body, which are…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Image, Body Weight, Health Education