Eating Identities, “Unhealthy” Eaters, and Damaged Agency

This paper argues that common social narratives about unhealthy eaters can cause significant damage to agency. I identify and analyze a narrative that combines a “control model” of eating agency with the healthist assumption that health is the ultimate end of eating. I argue that this narrative prod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Megan Dean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Western Ontario 2018-10-01
Series:Feminist Philosophy Quarterly
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Online Access:https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/5778