http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/ Latest Articles Web Feed from Health Sociology Review http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3725 A number of scholars have examined women's and men's magazines and their content. Apart from exploring the history and emergence of women's and men's magazines (e.g. Braithwaite 1995; Crewe 2004; Dancyger 1978; Jackson et al 2001; White 1970), these scholars have addressed issues such as representations of femininity and masculinity (e.g. Benwell 2003; Fergu 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3726 Contemporary Western societies focus considerable policy and media attention on the 'epidemic of childhood obesity'. In this paper we examine the mobilization of notions of responsibility and consumption in these discussions, and consider the implications they have for women as mothers. In particular, we are interested to explore the potential conflicts moth 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3727 Despite recent critiques of contemporary obesity discourses that link 'modern Western lifestyles' to an 'obesity epidemic', the population's weight remains a central concern of current dietary guidelines. Food choices that are considered beneficial to maintaining a certain weight are understood to play a key role in one's health. This concern reflects medico 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3728 Despite heightened concerns about levels of obesity and overweight in Western societies, there is a relative absence of sociological research into the subjective experience of dieting, especially for men. This paper focuses on findings related to the male participants from a qualitative study of fourteen volunteers (six female and eight male) drawn from a la 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3729 Here we examine how older Australians' accounts of family meals mirror shifts in the Australian way of life over the second half of the 20th century coupled with their changing personal circumstances as they age. We provide qualitative accounts of these changes drawn from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 111 men and women resident in greater Melbour 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3733 Food is a significant part of the daily worship, health and social life of individuals across cultures and religions. This is especially the case for vegetarian religious minorities such as the Indian sub-continental borne Hare Krishna movement, the Christian Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and various Buddhist groups. These devotees define spirituality as m 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3730 Since 2003, avian influenza has recently spread around the world sparking fears of a potential pandemic. As a result of this, a range of explanations and expectations surrounding the phenomenon were generated. Such social representations of disease depict the issue under discussion and frame reactions to the event. This paper explores the social representati 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3731 This paper reports on a qualitative study of the onset of acquired hearing impairment. The focus of attention is why a person seeks treatment. The Danish welfare state serves the population 'in need' such as those with an audiological need and gives them guidance on becoming hearing aid wearers in order to rehabilitate them back to 'normalcy'. However, withi 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/3/article/3732 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.healthsociologyreview.com/archives/vol/19/issue/2/article/3671 2010-06-15 00:00:00