Weight of Modernity

An Intergenerational Study of the Rise of Obesity

AvCathy Banwell,Dorothy Broom

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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As obesity continues to rise in the US, Canada, Australia and various European countries, this volume offers a perspective that classifies obesity as a social phenomenon as well as a public health problem. The authors argue obesity is a condition of modernisation and present in-depth supporting data.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-12-28
Mått:155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:483 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:198
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789048189564

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From the reviews: "The Weight of Modernity offers a vivid portrait of changing patterns in Australian lives in terms of food, activity and employment. ... this volume makes a valuable contribution by locating individual experiences in the context of rapid social change. ... This book offers important new ways to think about the changing weight of Australians and how we might respond." (JaneMaree Maher, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol. 137 (5), 2013)

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Chapter 1. The big Australian: obesity in the modern world.- Chapter 2. An intergenerational study design.- Chapter 3. From habit to choice: Transformations in family dining.- Chapter 4. How convenience is shaping Australian diets: The disappearing dessert.- Chapter 5.From social leisure to exhaustion: a tale of two revolutions.- Chapter 6. Fitness marginalises fun and friendship.- Chapter 7. The rise of automobility.- Chapter 8. The weight of time: from full to fragmented in 50 years.- Chapter 9. Social forces shaping life chances and life choices.- Chapter 10. Restoring coherence to a stressed social system.