Geographies of obesity environmental understandings of the obesity epidemic

Over the past two decades, rates of adult and childhood obesity in the developed world have risen sharply. By the year 2000, 65% of the United States population were overweight, 30% of these obese. Whilst medical treatment has tended to focus on individual habits of diet and exercise, this approach...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Andere auteurs: Pearce, Jamie (Redacteur), Witten, Karen (Redacteur)
Formaat: Boek
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate Publishing Limited [2010].
Reeks:Ashgate's geographies of health series
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