Obesity and Fat Stigma Versus Eating Disorders and Slenderness Idealization - The Humanities’ Role

Anișoara Pop

doi:10.2478/amph-2022-0061

Abstract

The paper defines and exemplifies the multiple ways in which the humanities - history, linguistics and discourse analysis, doctor-patient communication, narrative therapy, and bibliotherapy - will complement and enhance the synergistic approach in the management and teaching of obesity and eating disorders through the international educational Erasmus+ project “Connected4Health - A Medical and Humanities-based Approach to Navigating Obesity and Eating Disorders in Young People”(C4H).

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Obesity and Fat Stigma Versus Eating Disorders and Slenderness Idealization - The Humanities’ Role

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