Obesity: Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives
(Part of the Studies in Medical Anthropology Series)
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In a world now filled with more people who are overweight than underweight, public health and medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens to overwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally. In many societies, being obese also creates profound personal suffering because it is so culturally stigmatized. Yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of being obese, weight gain is a seemingly...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:081354890X
ISBN13:9780813548906
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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