Obesity : cultural and biocultural perspectives

Obesity : cultural and biocultural perspectives /

"In a world 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 creates profound personal...

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Author / Contributor: Brewis, Alexandra (Author)
Imprint: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2011]
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Medical anthropology.
Obesity.
Cross-cultural studies.
Health behavior.
Series:Studies in medical anthropology.

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505 0 |a Introduction: the problem with obesity -- Defining obesity -- Obesity and human adaptation -- The distribution of risk -- Culture and body ideals -- Big-body symbolism, meanings, and norms -- Conclusion: the big picture -- Appendix A: Global rates of overweight and obesity -- Appendix B: Body mass index tables -- Appendix C: Tools for the comparative study of body image -- Appendix D: Using cultural consensus analysis to understand obesity norms. 
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