An edition of Geographies of obesity
(2009)
Geographies of obesity
environmental understandings of the obesity epidemic
by Jamie Pearce
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Environment, Epidemiology, World Health, Prevention & control, Obesity, Risk Factors, Prevention, Weight loss, Ecology, World health, Global Health, Obésité, Épidémiologie, Santé mondiale, MEDICAL, Fettsucht, Zivilisationskrankheit, Eetstoornissen, Vetzucht, Omgeving, Übergewicht, Epidemiologie, Umwelt, Risikofaktor, Études diverses, Prévention, Politique de la santé
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Table of Contents
Introduction : bringing a geographical perspective to understanding the 'obesity epidemic' / Jamie Pearce and Karen Witten
The emerging obesity epidemic : an introduction / Barry M. Popkin
Contextual determinants of obesity : an overview / Daniel Kim and Ichiro Kawachi
Changing food environment and obesity : an overview / Janet Hoek and Rachael McLean
Understanding the local food environment and obesity / Lukar E. Thornton and Anne M. Kavanagh
Childhood obesity and the food environment / Mat Walton and Louise Signal
The role of the changing built environment in shaping our shape / Billie Giles-Corti ... [et al.]
Understanding the local physical activity environment and obesity / Gavin Turrell
Childhood obesity, physical activity, and the physical environment / Melody Oliver and Grant Schofield
Policy responses and obesogenic food environments / Katrina Giskes
Policy responses and the physical environment / Mylène Riva and Sarah Curtis
Residential environments and obesity : estimating causal effects / Graham Moon
Measuring obesogenic environments : representing place in studies of obesity / Dianna Smith ... [et al.]
Recourse to discourse : talk and text as avenues to understand environments of obesity / Robin Kearns
Conclusions : common themes and emerging questions / Jamie Pearce and Karen Witten.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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