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Obesity
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryClass Struggle at the Waistline Schwalbe, Michael Article 2013 The obesity rate has soared not because lower income earners lack the knowledge to eat wisely, but because they have lost power over the economic conditions of their lives. Connexions Library: Food Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on food. Fed Up Soechtig, Stephanie Film 2014 An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it. Follow the Money, Part 6 - Obesity: A new role for second-hand-smoke-causes-cancer deniers Gutstein; Donald Article 2014 The tobacco industry has shifted its doubt-manufacturing operations to countries like Russia, Indonesia and China, where the incidence of smoking — and cancer — continues to rise. But other industries... Sugar The sugar trap: New Internationalist December 2003 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2003 A look into sugar as a consumer product and its corporate globalization. Discusses trade and business of sugar, its history with slavery as well as its effects on the body. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryJamie Oliver: 'Tell me Mr Gove, Mr Lansley. How can we stop Britain being the most unhealthy country in Europe?' In the 10 years since opening his Fifteen restaurant, Jamie Oliver's campaigns have gone global. But his passion to improve British schools Adams, Tim 2012 Jaime Oliver continues in his challenge to the educate people on healthy eating, with or without the British government's aid. Obesity Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. Overweight Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Overweight is generally defined as having more body fat than is optimally healthy. The Shape We're In: How Junk Food and Diets are Shortening Our Lives Boseley, Sarah 2014 Speaking to behavioural scientists and industry experts, yo-yo dieters and people who have gone under the knife, Boseley builds a picture of an obesogenic society. She argues that it is time to funda... |
