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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785361303321

Autore

Roberts Ian (Epidemiologist)

Titolo

The energy glut : climate change and the politics of fatness / / Ian Roberts ; with Phil Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2010

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22310-7

1-84813-870-9

1-282-90335-7

9786612903359

1-84813-519-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

614.59398

Soggetti

Obesity - Epidemiology

Obesity - Social aspects

Fossil fuels - Social aspects

Global warming - Social aspects

Obesity - epidemiology

Climate Change

Fossil Fuels - economics

Environmental policy & protocols

Popular Work

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The politics of fatness in an overheating world"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The fat planet -- Fat people and fat populations -- The motorization of movement -- Food and the petro-nutritional complex -- Money -- Contract and converge -- The era of the bicycle -- Reclaiming our neighbourhoods -- Reclaim your home -- A better world.

Sommario/riassunto

The Energy Glut shows how the heating of our planet and the bulging of our waistlines are manifestations of the same global malaise. Ian Roberts presents a frightening vision of humanity besieged by a food industry pushing a surfeit of energy-dense food, while the rise of the



car means we have fewer opportunities to move our bodies than ever before.