Weight of Modernity
An Intergenerational Study of the Rise of Obesity
Over a half of adults in the US, Canada, Australia and numerous European countries are now overweight or obese, a proportion that has risen sharply in the past two decades. Dominant biomedical explanations focus on the energy equation ¿ an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure - and remedies focus on motivating individuals to restore the balance by eating better and being more active, or ¿ in extreme cases ¿ surgical intervention.¿This book offers a perspective that sees increasing obesity as a social phenomenon as well as a public health problem. It contains detailed accounts of three generations of Australians¿ experiences of chan…
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Weitere Autoren: Broom, Dorothy / Davies, Anna / Dixon, Jane
- ISBN: 978-90-481-8956-4
- EAN: 9789048189564
- Produktnummer: 6573501
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 195 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.0 cm x D1.6 cm 483 g
- Gewicht: 483
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