Obesity : the biography /

According to the World Health Organization we are in the midst of a global obesity crisis. Is obesity a disease itself or a symptom of underlying physiological or psychological illnesses? Is it a sign of social excess and therefore not a disease in the medical sense at all? Is it really 'new�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilman, Sander L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)
Temas:
Geschichte.
Body image > Social aspects.
Body image > Social aspects > History.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Obesity > Social aspects > History.
Image du corps > Aspect social.
Image du corps > Aspect social > Histoire.
Obésité > Aspect social.
Obésité > Aspect social > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Kultur
Übergewicht
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The exemplary patient
  • Obesity from the Ancients to the beginning of the Modern Age
  • Obesity from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
  • The battle between science and morality for the cure of obesity
  • A somatic or psychological treatment of obesity
  • New causes; new solutions for obesity
  • The "Orient" battles obesity
  • Globesity and the Public's health.

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