The Weight of Obesity: Hunger and Global Health in Postwar Guatemala Volume 57

by Emily Yates-Doerr

Book Overview

A woman with hypertension refuses vegetables. A man with diabetes adds iron-fortified sugar to his coffee. As death rates from heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes in Latin America escalate, global health interventions increasingly emphasize nutrition, exercise, and weight loss--but much goes awry as ideas move from policy boardrooms and clinics into everyday life. Based on years of intensive fieldwork, The Weight of Obesity offers poignant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520286812
• ISBN13: 9780520286818
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"