Families, Young People, Physical Activity and Health

The family is an important site for the transmission of knowledge and cultural values. Amidst claims that young people are becoming sedentary, failing to adhere to health and physical activity messages, dropping out of sport and at risk of an ever-expanding list of lifestyle diseases, families have been targeted as crucial sites for government interventions. This book is the first to offer critical sociological perspectives on how families do and do not function as a pedagogical site for health education, sport and physical activity practices. It is essential reading for anybody with an interest in physical education, health studies, family studies, or the sociology of sport and exercise.

Symeon Dagkas is a Reader in Youth Sport and Physical Activity at the University of East London, UK, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is currently interested in research examining intersections of race, ethnicity, culture and social class of young people and their families in relation to health and well being, sport (PE) and physical activity. Symeon is the editor of another Routledge book, Inclusion and Exclusion through Youth Sport. Lisette Burrows is an Associate Professor in Physical Education Pedagogy at the School of Physical Education, University of Otago, New Zealand, where she has taught for over 20 years. Her research is primarily focused on understanding the place and meaning of health and physical culture in young people's lives. Health and Physical Education curriculum, issues around inclusion of young people with disabilities and critical obesity work are also part of her research agenda. She predominantly draws on post-structural theoretical resources in her writing and teaching.

1: FAMILY MATTERS: AN INTRODUCTION Section 1: Family, Practice and Pedagogy 2. THE ABSENT BODY: BIO-SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS WITH THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 3. LEARNING ABOUT SEXUALITY 'BETWEEN' HOME AND SCHOOL: A NEW MATERIALIST READING 4. CHALLENGING THE MYTH THAT 'THE PARENTS DON'T CARE': FAMILY TEACHINGS ABOUT EDUCATION FOR 'EDUCATIONALLY DISENGAGED' YOUNG PEOPLE 5. CLOSE TO HOME: WHAT KIND OF FAMILY SHOULD WE BECOME? Section 2: Family's Health and Physical Activity 6. PARENTS AS PAWNS IN FITNESGRAM'S WAR ON OBESITY 7. 'THE FAMILY THAT EATS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER': GOVERNING FAMILIES, GOVERNING HEALTH, GOVERNING PEDAGOGIES 8. MANUFACTURING (PARENTAL) CONSENT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HPVV INFORMED CONSENT PROCESS IN ONTARIO, CANADA 9. HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MESSAGES AMONG ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS: SOUTH ASIAN FAMILIES 10. 'PEDAGOGISED FAMILIES' HEALTH AND PHYSICAL CULTURE; INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE AND SOCIAL CLASS 11. EARLY YEARS LEARING (EYL), CLASS AND ABILITY 12. WHO CARES? PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN CARE Section 3: Family Physical Education and Youth Sport 13. TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVES ON THE SCHOOL-FAMILY-HEALTH NEXUS 14. FAMILIES, YOUTH AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SPORT 15. THE SWEDISH MODEL FOR SPORT, RECREATION AND HEALTH IN TIMES OF CHANGE - A SUSTAINABLE CONTRACT WITH THE FAMILY OF SPORT? 16. FAMILY NARRATIVES OF PE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT: CONTINGENT STORIES 17. FAMILIES, DISABILITY AND SPORT 18. SPORT PARENT ROLES IN FOSTERING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT