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Geographies of Obesity: Environmental Understandings of the Obesity Epidemic Karen Witten New edition
Geographies of Obesity: Environmental Understandings of the Obesity Epidemic
Karen Witten
Over the past two decades, rates of adult and childhood obesity in the developed world have risen sharply. This study assembles the evidence for a geographical explanation of this trend, examining the ways in which environment and living conditions promote an imbalance of energy intake over energy expenditure.
304 pages, includes 18 line drawings
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 28, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780754676195 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 356 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 240 × 28 mm · 802 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Pearce, Jamie |