Models of Obesity: From Ecology to Complexity in Science and Policy

ISBN-13: 9781107117518 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 248 str.

Stanley J. Ulijaszek

Opis

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways that obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy.

Recenzje

'… it offers potential applications beyond obesity, in the field of public mental health.' Miranda Wolpert, The Lancet

Spis treści

Acknowledgements and influences; 1. Introduction; 2. Rationalities and models of obesity; 3. Energy balance, genetics and obesogenic environments; 4. Governance through measurement; 5. Inequalities; 6. Food and eating; 7. Global transformations of diet; 8. Obesity science and policy; 9. Complexity; 10. Systems and rationalities; Bibliography; Index.