Weight of Modernity An Intergenerational Study of the Rise of Obesity /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Banwell, Cathy (Συγγραφέας), Broom, Dorothy (Συγγραφέας), Davies, Anna (Συγγραφέας), Dixon, Jane (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Population.; Sociology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Sociology, general.; Population Economics.

Over a half of adults in the US, Canada, Australia and numerous European countries are now overweight or obese, a proportion that has risen sharply in the past two decades. Dominant biomedical explanations focus on the energy equation – an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure - and remedi...