Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0878805

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0878805

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Being 'fat' in today's world: A socio-cultural investigation of overweight and obesity. What does it feel like to constantly struggle with your weight? Over 60% of Australians are overweight or obese, and many of these have battled with their weight for most of their adult lives. In an innovative approach to obesity, researchers at Monash University, the University of Melbourne, the University of Canberra and Deakin University are investigating the poignancy of experience of living with obesity in Australia. The aim of the study, which also includes a review of how obesity is represented by Australian newspapers, will use narratives to provide public health, health promotion and media strategies which resonate with the lived reality of obese and overweight people.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $411,189.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Preventive Medicine | Health Promotion | Sociological Methodology And Research Methods | Public Health and Health Services

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Health education and promotion | Health related to specific ethnic groups | Evaluation of health outcomes |

Other Keywords

Evaluation of health outcomes | Health Promotion | Health education and promotion | Health related to specific ethnic groups | Preventive Medicine | Public Health and Health Services | Sociological Methodology And Research Methods

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