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Alexandra Brewis (Slade) -- Biocultural Anthropologist
Regents Professor & President's Professor at Arizona State University

Tag: obesity

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Welcome to *Beautiful* South Korea!

May 20, 2016 alexbrewis

South Korea is a land of great physical beauty. If you aren’t born with it, you are meant to create…

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Posted in: Passing Fancies, Work in Progress Filed under: Asia, body image, cosmetic surgery, fat-talk, Korea, obesity, South Korea

The Cutting Edge of Weight Stigma Research

April 29, 2016 alexbrewis

Last weekend I holed up with top scholars who study weight stigma — in lovely B and B in central…

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Posted in: Deep Thoughts, Uncategorized, Work in Progress Filed under: body norms, hunger, obesity, undernutrition, weight discrimination, weight stigma

Fear of Flying

March 5, 2016 alexbrewis

I am currently on a long-haul flight ON business. But not IN business. (I work at a public university, after…

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Posted in: Deep Thoughts, Passing Fancies, Rants and Raves, Uncategorized Filed under: airlines, flying, Mayo Clinic, obesity, policy, weight discrimination

Fat Stigma: The View from my Office Window

January 20, 2016 alexbrewis

My office windows look out across the two main campus pedestrian malls of the largest and most diverse research university in the…

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Posted in: Sensible Solutions, Uncategorized Filed under: campus, obesity, students

Big Change Starts Wrong: New Zealand Tackles Childhood Obesity

January 13, 2016 alexbrewis

As an expatriate Kiwi, I keep up to speed on happenings down-under by reading the New Zealand Herald. As articles…

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Posted in: Stigma Score Card Filed under: New Zealand, obesity, policy
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