Obesity: Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives

by Alexandra A. Brewis

Book Overview

In a world now 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 also creates profound personal suffering because it is so culturally stigmatized. Yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of being obese, weight gain is a seemingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081354890X
• ISBN13: 9780813548906
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"