Obesity : : Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives /

Obesity : : Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives / / Alexandra A. Brewis.

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In a world now 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 also creates profound person...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Brewis, Alexandra A.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Studies in Medical Anthropology
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 34 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Introduction: The Problem of Obesity
  • 2. Defining Obesity
  • 3. Obesity and Human
  • 4. The Distribution of Risk
  • 5. Culture and Body Ideals
  • 6. Big-Body Symbolism, Meanings, and Norms
  • 7. 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
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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