The Sweetness of Care: Biographies, Bodies and Place

Tanya Zivkovic; Megan Warin; Vivienne Moore; Paul Ward; Michelle Jones

The Sweetness of Care: Biographies, Bodies and Place

Tanya Zivkovic
, Megan Warin
, Vivienne Moore
, Paul Ward
, Michelle Jones

College of Medicine and Public Health

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

We begin with this vignette to illustrate how sweetness intersects bodies, place and care at a time when Australia is running its largest obesity prevention program – OPAL (Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle). We conducted ethnographic research over twenty-three months with socially disadvantaged families in Adelaide, South Australia (August 2012 – July 2014). Our aim was to explore how families in this community respond to, negotiate and/or resist ‘healthy lifestyle’ messages when healthy living guidelines may present a ‘disconnect’ with the adversities of everyday life (Lindsay 2010). Health promotion initiatives urge this population to care for their own bodies and those of their families through a range of social marketing messages, including reducing sugar intake.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Careful Eating
Subtitle of host publication	Bodies, Food and Care
Editors	Emma-Jayne Abbots, Anna Lavis, Luci Attala
Publisher	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Chapter	5
Pages	109-125
Number of pages	17
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315570877
ISBN (Print)	9781472439482
Publication status	Published - 2015

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Obesity intervention
Obesity prevention
Food addiction

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