Fatness and the Maternal Body

Maya Unnithan-Kumar is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex. She is currently leading an Economic and Social Research Council (UK)–funded research project on state-NGO relations as defined by their engagement with human rights discourse in the fields of sexual, maternal and reproductive health in India.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: Corporeality and Reproduction: Understanding Fatness through the Diverse Experiences of Motherhood, Consumption and Social RegulationMaya Unnithan-KumarChapter 2. The Traffic in ‘Nature’: Maternal Bodies and ObesityMegan Warin, Vivienne Moore and Michael DaviesChapter 3. Fat and Fertility, Mobility and Slaves: Long-term Perspectives on Tuareg Obesity and ReproductionSara RandallChapter 4. Women of Great Weight: Fatness, Reproduction and Gender Dynamics in Tuareg SocietySaskia WalentowitzChapter 5. Childbearing, Breast-feeding and Body Weight in Tanzania: Three Bodies, Three Individuals, Many Different Interrelations among the Wagogo (Central Tanzania)Mara MabiliaChapter 6. The ‘Obesity Cycle’: The Impact of Maternal Obesity on the Exogenous and Endogenous Causes of Obesity in Offspring in the United KingdomNicola HeslehurstChapter 7. Culture, Diet and the Maternal Body: Ghanaian Women’s Perspectives on Food, Fat and ChildbearingAma de-Graft AikinsChapter 8. Unhealthy, Unwealthy, Unwise: Social Policy and Nutritional Education in a Disadvantaged Community in IrelandShauna ClarkeChapter 9. The Maharaja Mac: Changing Dietary Patterns in IndiaDevi SridharChapter 10. Is there a Relation between Fatness and Reproductive Health? A Study on Body Mass Index and Reproductive Health of Indian WomenAravinda Meera GuntupalliChapter 11. Reproducing Inequalities: Theories and Ethics in DieteticsLucy Aphramor and Jacqui GingrasNotes on ContributorsIndex

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