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Obese individuals are twice as likely to experience heart failure as non-obese people. More than eighty-five per cent of type 2 diabetes sufferers are overweight. And in the United States, obese and overweight individuals make up more than two-thirds of the adult population. Public health organizati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Seeman, Neil
Otros Autores: Luciani, Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Obesity > Psychological aspects.
Medical policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Politique sanitaire.
Obesite > Politique gouvernementale.
Obesite > Aspect economique.
Obesite > Aspect psychologique.
Obesity > psychology
Health Policy
Obesity > economics
Obesity > Government policy.
Obesity > Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the genesis of shame
  • The paradoxical costs of fat
  • (Nearly) everything causes obesity, and (almost) everyone is different
  • One-size-fits-nobody
  • Healthy living vouchers.

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