Models of Obesity: From Ecology to Complexity in Science and Policy

by Stanley J Ulijaszek and Stanley J. Ulijaszek

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways in which obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy and how they might work better. Providing a clear, authoritative voice on the debate, the author builds on early work to engage further in ecological and complexity thinking in obesity. Many of the models that have emerged since obesity became a population-level issue are examined, including the energy balance model,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107117518
• ISBN13: 9781107117518
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.9"