The Weight of Obesity: Hunger and Global Health in Postwar Guatemala Volume 57
(Book #57 in the California Studies in Food and Culture Series)
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A woman with hypertension refuses vegetables. A man with diabetes adds iron-fortified sugar to his coffee. As death rates from heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes in Latin America escalate, global health interventions increasingly emphasize nutrition, exercise, and weight loss--but much goes awry as ideas move from policy boardrooms and clinics into everyday life. Based on years of intensive fieldwork, The Weight of Obesity offers poignant...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520286812
ISBN13:9780520286818
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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