Obesity : Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives /

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"In a world filled with more people who are overweight than underweight, public health and medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens to overwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally. In many societies, being obese creates profound personal...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Brewis, Alexandra (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Obesity > Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Bariatrics.
Habitudes sanitaires.
Études transculturelles.
Obesite.
Obesite > Aspect social.
Health Behavior
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Body Image
Obesity
Health behavior.
Cross-cultural studies.
Obesity.
Electronic books.
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Table des matières:
  • Introduction: the problem with obesity
  • Defining obesity
  • Obesity and human adaptation
  • The distribution of risk
  • Culture and body ideals
  • Big-body symbolism, meanings, and norms
  • Conclusion: the big picture
  • Appendix A: Global rates of overweight and obesity
  • Appendix B: Body mass index tables
  • Appendix C: Tools for the comparative study of body image
  • Appendix D: Using cultural consensus analysis to understand obesity norms.

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