<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article studies the impact of the social position on the health trajectories of children who follow a therapy for overweight or obesity management. Based on a qualitative study conducted within a Swiss hospital with 29 families, the author explains how the social position influences children’s relationship to health norms. The study results show that children belonging to wealthy families internalize more easily the therapeutic prescriptions in their everyday lives than the children from underprivileged families.</p></abstract>

This article studies the impact of the social position on the health trajectories of children who follow a therapy for overweight or obesity management. Based on a qualitative study conducted within a Swiss hospital with 29 families, the author explains how the social position influences children’s relationship to health norms. The study results show that children belonging to wealthy families internalize more easily the therapeutic prescriptions in their everyday lives than the children from underprivileged families.

The Weight of Social Position: the Unequal Health Trajectories of Children With a Diagnosis of Overweight or Obesity

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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This article studies the impact of the social position on the health trajectories of children who follow a therapy for overweight or obesity management. Based...

The Weight of Social Position: the Unequal Health Trajectories of Children With a Diagnosis of Overweight or Obesity

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 217 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0010

Keywords
obesity, children, health trajectories, inequalities, social position

© 2018 Andrea Lutz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Weight of Social Position: the Unequal Health Trajectories of Children With a Diagnosis of Overweight or Obesity

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 217 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0010

Keywordsobesity, children, health trajectories, inequalities, social position

© 2018 Andrea Lutz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
obesity, children, health trajectories, inequalities, social position