Extreme Weight Loss: Life Before and After Bariatric Surgery

Abstract

The review evaluates the text Extreme Weight Loss: Life Before and After Bariatric Surgery (2020) co-authored by Sarah Trainer, Alexandra Brewis, and Amber Wutich. It tries to emphasise the relevance of the the book an ethnographic documentation of a surgical weight loss program in the western USA, and a theoretical exploration of social norms associated with body-types. The major emperical as well as theoretical outcomes have been outlined. The book is a valuable addition to the rich body of literature on the status of fatness in human societies, and would be a useful read to academic or lay audience interested in the themes of social norms.