Social Justice and the Urban Obesity Crisis: Implications for Social Work

by Melvin Delgado

Book Overview

A number of economic, cultural, and contextual factors are driving urban America's obesity crisis, which can create chronic health conditions for those least able to manage them. Considering urban obesity through a social justice lens, this book is the first to help social workers and others develop targeted interventions for effective outcomes. The text dissects the problem of urban obesity in populations of color from individual, family, group,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231160089
• ISBN13: 9780231160087
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher