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| ISBN: | 9780813552385
0813552389
9780813548906
081354890X
9780813548913
0813548918
1283864355
9781283864350
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-200) and index.
English.
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (JSTOR platform, viewed December 13, 2016).
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| Summary: | "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 suffering because it is so culturally stigmatized. yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of obesity, weight gain is a seemingly universal aspect of the modern human condition. Grounded in a holistic anthropological approach and using a range of ethnographic and ecological case studies, 'Obesity' shows that the human tendency to become and stay fat makes perfect sense in terms of evolved human inclinations and the physical and social realities of modern life. Drawing on her own fieldwork in the rural United States, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands, the author addresses such critical questions as why obesity is defined as a problem and why some groups are more at risk than others. She suggests innovative ways in which anthropology and other social sciences can use community-based research to address the serious public health and social justice concerns provoked by the global spread of obesity"--Provided by publisher.
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| Other form: | Print version: Brewis, Alexandra A., 1965- Obesity. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011 9780813548906 9780813548913
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| Standard no.: | 99948487778
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