Obesity Epidemic : Science, Morality and Ideology
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| Autore: |
Gard Michael
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| Titolo: |
Obesity Epidemic : Science, Morality and Ideology
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Routledge, 2004 |
| [Atlanta, GA] : , : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, , [2011] | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 614.5/9398 |
| 614.59398614.59398 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Health in mass media |
| Obesity | |
| Social Science | |
| Health | |
| Medicine | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Documentary films. |
| Altri autori: |
WrightJan
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Science and fatness; The war on obesity; The ghost of a machine; 'Modernity's scourge': a brief history of obesity science; Fat or fiction: weighing the 'obesity epidemic'; The search for a cause; Obesity science for the people; Feminism and the 'obesity epidemic'; Interrogating expert knowledge: risk and the ethics of body weight; Beyond body weight; References; Index; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Obesity associated with declining levels of physical activity is now a critical theme in health and exercise. This controversial book suggests the scientific community may have been complacent in its analysis of the crisis, and provides thorough and |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Obesity Epidemic |
| ISBN: | 1-134-36564-0 |
| 1-134-36565-9 | |
| 9786610099825 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910703215903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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