Social Justice and the Urban Obesity Crisis : : Implications for Social Work /

Social Justice and the Urban Obesity Crisis : : Implications for Social Work / / Melvin Delgado.

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A number of economic, cultural, and contextual factors are driving urban America's obesity crisis, which can create chronic health conditions for those least able to manage them. Considering urban obesity through a social justice lens, this book is the first to help social workers and others de...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Delgado, Melvin,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1: Setting the Context
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Social Justice Paradigm
  • 3. The Extent of the National Obesity Crisis
  • 4. Health, Economic, and Social Consequences of Obesity
  • 5. Lack of Access to Healthy Foods
  • 6. Limits to Places and Spaces for Physical Exercise
  • 7. Food Industry Practices
  • 8. Challenges in Measuring Overweight and Obesity
  • Part 2: Community-Led Health Promotion Approaches
  • 9. Health Promotion
  • 10. Youth-Focused Interventions
  • 11. Community Garden Interventions
  • 12. Community-Based Food Initiatives
  • 13. Implications for Social Work Practice and Research
  • Epilogue
  • References
  • Index

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