Browsing Institutt for friluftsliv, idrett og kroppsøving by Author "Hervik, Stein Egil Kolderup"

Now showing items 1-3 of 3

Different men – similar meanings. Rural Norwegian men’s constructions of meanings related to health, body and physical activity

Hervik, Stein Egil Kolderup; Skille, Eivind Åsrum (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

This paper aims to provide an understanding of why a group of middle-aged and elderly rural Norwegian men with heterogeneous backgrounds largely express homogeneous meanings related to health, body and physical activity. ...
From science to sensational headline: A critical examination of the "sugar as toxic" narrative

Hervik, Stein Egil Kolderup; Hervik, Astrid Kolderup; Thurston, Miranda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

Over the past few decades, some scholars have labeled sugar “toxic” and portrayed it as the primary cause of diet-related health conditions. In this paper, this sugar as toxic rhetoric – which is widely echoed in the public ...
‘The Lay Gaze’—Rural Norwegian men’s assessment of others’ health based on pictures

Hervik, Stein Egil Kolderup; Skille, Eivind Åsrum (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

In this article, we explore lay men's understanding of the relationship between other's bodily appearance and health— ‘the Lay Gaze’. We applied the theoreti-cal concepts of biopower, medical gaze, bodyism and healthism— ...