The applied anthropology of obesity : prevention, intervention, and identity / edited by Chad T. Morris and Alexandra G. Lancey

Published:: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Physical Description:: xviii, 235 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Morris, Chad T. and Lancey, Alexandra G.

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Machine generated contents note: 1."Modernization," Global Influence and Obesity Prevention in the Republic of Palau / Stevenson Kuartei -- 2.Applying a Socio-Ecological Model to Obesity in the Caribbean: A Community-Based Approach at the Tapion Hospital in Castries, Saint Lucia / Elizabeth Serieux -- 3.Anthropology Field School Insights into Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Food Insecurity: The Case of Demonstration Keyhole Gardens in the Monteverde Zone, Costa Rica / Zuhra Malik -- 4.Community Approaches to Obesity Prevention in Brazil: The Food and Nutritional Security Paradigm / Charles Klein -- 5.Metabolic Syndrome Screening and Health Education: Are There Lessons We Can Learn from Japan? / Amy Borovoy -- 6.Who, What, and How?: Insights Gained From a Comparative Approach to School-Based Obesity Prevention Efforts / Alexandra G. Lancey -- 7.Addressing Obesity and Associated Medical Conditions in Latino Immigrant Communities in Southeast Georgia / Yelena N. Tarasenko -- 8.Working with Low-Income and Latino Farmers to Increase Access to Oregon's Local Food Markets using Community Based Participatory Research and Public Participation GIS / Stacey Sobell -- 9.Religious Gardens, Pilgrimages, and Dancing: A Critique of Translated Interventions in a Tribal Community / Sean Bruna -- 10.Considering Surgical Weight Loss: Applied Anthropology and the Invisible Obese Body / Amber Wutich -- 11.Fat by Any Other Name: Perceptions of "Obesity" in Clinical Settings / Jose Resales Chavez -- 12.Obesity as Public Policy: Creating and Changing the Obesogenic Environment / Merrill Eisenberg.

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9781498512633 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1498512631 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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