Global Health Complications of Obesity presents a valuable resource for research scientists and clinicians by covering the burden of obesity and related disease

Almost one in four people in OECD countries is currently obese. This epidemic has far-reaching consequences for individuals, society and the economy. Using micr

This book examines the scale and characteristics of the obesity epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of

Almost one in four people in OECD countries is currently obese. This epidemic has far-reaching consequences for individuals, society and the economy. Using micr

Heavy Burdens: Stories of Motherhood and Fatness seeks to address the systemic ways in which the moral panic around ?obesity? impacts fat mothers and fat childr