Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / The overall objective of the studies that comprise this thesis is to compare the effect of various dietary proteins and carbohydrates on acute postprandial changes in appetite sensations, ad libitum energy intake and associated regulatory hormones in overweight/obese adults. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1289323 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, 2007

This thesis offers an exploration of the discourse of weight control and examines how its concepts and goals are incorporated into the way people perceive and understand the self and others. The central focus is an analysis of the nexus between weight control and concerns surrounding ‘excess’ weight. The analysis reveals the way discourses on the balanced body, the normalised body, the healthy body, the natural body and the transformative body generate varying understandings of the normal, weight-controlled body and overweight body and in turn, how they give rise to different weight watching practices. It shows how the different ways of viewing the body also engender various visualisations of the subjects of weight control. It is argued the discourse of weight control is not put into effect by subjugation but through the generation of a personal desire to be slender and weight-controlled. As such, the central inquiry of the thesis also gives consideration to the impacts which discourses of weight control might have upon individuals in the constitution of self and identity. A sub-theme of the analysis is a consideration of the possibilities people have to engage with the discourse of weight control, in particular those who are considered overweight. Particular attention is paid throughout to the relationship between women and weight control. The findings are predominantly based upon content analysis of a broad range of primary texts including medico-scientific texts, historical material, policy and public health documents, and popular written and audiovisual media. The research is also informed to a less extent by participant observation at two weight loss centres and by semi-structured in-depth interviews with 13 women considered ‘overweight’ by current standards.

Thesis (M.S.)--Auburn University, 2007. / Abstract.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Flinders University, Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Medicine. / Typescript (bound). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 254 - 275). Also available online.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Western Australia, 2006.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-98).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-05, Section: B, page: 2991.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, 172 p. Includes abstract.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-53).