Obesity Discourse and Fat Politics - Research, Critique and Interventions

Summary

Obesity is framed as a global pandemic. This book offers a critical contribution to studies of overweight, obesity or fatness from scholars working in the social sciences and health professions, across a range of national contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Public Health.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Colls Monaghan
• Assisted by: Rachel Colls (Editor), Bethan Evans (Editor), Evans Bethan (Editor), Lee Monaghan (Editor), Monaghan Lee (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415749312
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74931-2
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Public health & preventive medicine, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Public health and preventive medicine, Obesity: Treatment & Therapy, Obesity: treatment and therapy, MEDICAL / Bariatrics