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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 remedi...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. 2012. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto Completo |
Table des matières:
- Chapter 1. The big Australian: obesity in the modern world
- Chapter 2. An intergenerational study design
- Chapter 3. From habit to choice: Transformations in family dining
- Chapter 4. How convenience is shaping Australian diets: The disappearing dessert
- Chapter 5.From social leisure to exhaustion: a tale of two revolutions
- Chapter 6. Fitness marginalises fun and friendship
- Chapter 7. The rise of automobility
- Chapter 8. The weight of time: from full to fragmented in 50 years
- Chapter 9. Social forces shaping life chances and life choices
- Chapter 10. Restoring coherence to a stressed social system.