Women's Studies 2250E Lecture 2: Fitness & Obesity Lecture Notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2250E
• Professor: n/a

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When it comes to the body, what is considered normal: (cid:494)normal(cid:495) is a product of language, performance, and representation and that (cid:494)naturally- occurring(cid:495) differences are anything but, the normal/abnormal dichotomy is a culturally-produced fiction. Just as the freak show did not represent a naturally occurring/existing difference (rather, invented it), the delineation between (cid:498)fit(cid:499) and (cid:498)unfit(cid:499), or the definition of a (cid:498)good(cid:499) weight/body type is constantly shifting. Oliver (cid:498)the politics of pathology: obesity became an epidemic disease(cid:499) There"s too many factors and different versions, their own methods to kill us. It is based on your genes which are all different. Cannot say it is a given, a direct cause. We can look at correlations not causal relations. Problems with bmi: doesn(cid:495)t take into consideration body builders, disabilities, pregnant women, genetics, history, where you carry weight, doesn(cid:495)t always respond to lifestyle changes, context, location. Pregnant: 1700s data was what said its harder to get preggo with you"re older.