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Roberts Ian (Epidemiologist) |
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The energy glut : climate change and the politics of fatness / / Ian Roberts ; with Phil Edwards |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2010 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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1-350-22310-7 |
1-84813-870-9 |
1-282-90335-7 |
9786612903359 |
1-84813-519-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The politics of fatness in an overheating world"--Cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index. |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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