Outputs (5)

Contested Bodies of Childhood and Youth. (2009)
Book
Hörschelmann, K., & Colls, R. (Eds.). (2009). Contested Bodies of Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan

Measuring Fatness, Governing Bodies: The Spatialities of the Body Mass Index(BMI) in Anti-Obesity Politics (2009)
Journal Article
Evans, B., & Colls, R. (2009). Measuring Fatness, Governing Bodies: The Spatialities of the Body Mass Index(BMI) in Anti-Obesity Politics. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 41(5), 1051-1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00706.x

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is the dominant means of defining and diagnosing obesity in national and international public health policy. This paper draws on geographical engagements with Foucault's work on biopower and governmentality to question the p... Read More about Measuring Fatness, Governing Bodies: The Spatialities of the Body Mass Index(BMI) in Anti-Obesity Politics.

‘Doing more good than harm’? The absent presence of children’s bodies in (anti)obesity policy'. (2009)
Book Chapter
Evans, B., & Colls, R. (2010). ‘Doing more good than harm’? The absent presence of children’s bodies in (anti)obesity policy'. In L. Monaghan, E. Rich, & L. Aphramor (Eds.), The Obesity Debate. Palgrave

Critical Geographies of Fat/Bigness/Corpulence. Introduction: Questioning Obesity Politics (2009)
Journal Article
Colls, R., & Evans, B. (2009). Critical Geographies of Fat/Bigness/Corpulence. Introduction: Questioning Obesity Politics. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 41(5), 1011-1020. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00705.x

The geographies of children's and young people's bodies (2009)
Journal Article
Colls, R., & Hörschelmann, K. (2009). The geographies of children's and young people's bodies. Children's Geographies, 7(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733280802630882