Obesity : cultural and biocultural perspectives / Alexandra A. Brewis.

"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...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Brewis, Alexandra (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Series:	Studies in medical anthropology.
Subjects:	Obesity > Social aspects. Medical anthropology. Obesity. Cross-cultural studies. Health behavior.