Fat, Gluttony and Sloth: Obesity in Medicine, Art and Literature

by David W. Haslam and Fiona Haslam

Book Overview

The UK is now in the throes of an obesity epidemic. Life expectancy has been improving for centuries, advances in hygiene, science, public health and medicine have enabled us to live longer and to lead more productive lives but now obesity, on its own, is threatening to herald a reduction in life expectancy in coming generations. The number of overweight people in the world has overtaken the number of malnourished for the first time. Much has been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846310946
• ISBN13: 9781846310942
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"