The readings for this week consisted of the first half of the book Fat Talk Nation by Susan Greenhalgh. As per the title of the book, Fat Talk Nation is an insight into American’s perceptions of “Fat” and the attempts to combat the perceived “obesity” epidemic in the United States (Greenhalgh 2015). Greenhalgh uses the concept of biocitizenship to analyze how fat affects societal perceptions and the standing of an individual. Greenhalgh does a thorough job of addressing the origins of the “fight against obesity”, and details the use of media as a normalization tool in making thin in (Greenhalgh 2015). One of the earliest topics Greenhalgh addresses is how individuals of a higher class have “…the wealth to create perfect bodies” (Greenhalgh
