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Geographies Of Obesity Environmental Understandings Of The Obesity Epidemic
Hardback Edition: 1
Drawing together the international evidence for environmental explanations of rising obesity rates in the developed world this book examines the many ways in which the contexts in which people live their lives promote an imbalance of energy intake over energy expenditure. Whilst it focuses on
the environmental or geographical explanations of the 'obesity epidemic', it also demonstrates the importance of multidisciplinary thinking by calling upon the expertise of geographers, nutritionists, epidemiologists, sociologists and public health researchers engaged in obesity-related research.
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Pages : 304
Publisher : Ashgate
Publication date : 2010-02
Subjects: Non-fiction, Medicine, Health And Personal Development