Models of Obesity - From Ecology to Complexity in Science and Policy

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways that obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy.

List of contents

Acknowledgements and influences; 1. Introduction; 2. Rationalities and models of obesity; 3. Energy balance, genetics and obesogenic environments; 4. Governance through measurement; 5. Inequalities; 6. Food and eating; 7. Global transformations of diet; 8. Obesity science and policy; 9. Complexity; 10. Systems and rationalities; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Stanley J. Ulijaszek is Professor of Human Ecology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity there. He was recently appointed Honorary Professor in Health Research in the Humanities at the University of Copenhagen. His work on nutritional ecology and anthropology has involved fieldwork and research in Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands and South Asia, while his interests in dietary transitions have led him to examine the evolutionary basis and cultural drivers of obesity.

Summary

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways that obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy and how they might work better. Providing a clear, authoritative voice on the debate, the author builds on early work to engage further in ecological and complexity thinking in obesity.

Product details

• Authors: Stanley J Ulijaszek, Stanley J. Ulijaszek, Stanley J. (University of Oxford) Ulijaszek, Ulijaszek Stanley J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781107117518
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11751-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology; Cambridge Studies in Biologica; Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology; Cambridge Studies in Biologica
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Epidemiology & medical statistics, Health economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Dietetics & nutrition, Behavioural economics, Health psychology, Sociology & anthropology, Human biology, Medical Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Obesity: Treatment & Therapy