02957nam 2200601 a 450 991045704660332120200520144314.01-282-55470-097866125547041-907830-39-1(CKB)2550000000032287(EBL)861998(OCoLC)642474645(SSID)ssj0000436444(PQKBManifestationID)12127398(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436444(PQKBWorkID)10427876(PQKB)11088864(MiAaPQ)EBC861998(Au-PeEL)EBL861998(CaPaEBR)ebr10459661(CaONFJC)MIL255470(EXLCZ)99255000000003228720110426d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFat matters[electronic resource] from sociology to science /[edited by] Gina Tsichlia, Alexandra JohnstoneCumbria [England] M&K Update Ltd.20101 online resource (145 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-905539-39-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Prelims; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Female form in the media: Body image and obesity; Chapter 2 Social determinants of obesity; Chapter 3 Assessing fatness; Chapter 4 The technology of obesity: Prevention and treatment; Chapter 5 Homo Adipatus - a new species: weight management, treatment and prevention; Chapter 6 Obesity and weight loss: Myths and reality; Chapter 7 The 'patient's' perspective: A lifelong struggle with weight; Chapter 8 The 'patient' and the 'epert' working together in weight managementChapter 9 Physical inactivity, appetite regulation and obesityChpater 10 Obesity, a psychological condition?; IndexIn a consumerist society obsessed with body image and thinness, obesity levels have reached an all-time high. This multi-faceted book written by a range of experts, explores the social, cultural, clinical and psychological factors that lie behind the 'Obesity Epidemic'. It is required reading for the many healthcare professionals dealing with the effects of obesity and for anyone who wants to know more about the causes of weight gain and the best ways of dealing with it.Fat Matters covers a range of issues from sociology through medicine to technology. This is not a book for the highly specialObesityObesitySocial aspectsElectronic books.Obesity.ObesitySocial aspects.306.4613Tsichlia Gina916843Johnstone Alexandra916844MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457046603321Fat matters2055435UNINA