<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

Publicado en línea: 28 jul 2018

Páginas: 217 - 238

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

Palabras clave
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

Publicado en línea: 28 jul 2018

Páginas: 217 - 238

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

Palabras claveobesity, 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.

Palabras clave
obesity, children, health trajectories, inequalities, social position