Weight of Modernity: An Intergenerational Study of the Rise of Obesity
Author:   Cathy Banwell ,  Dorothy Broom ,  Anna Davies ,  Jane Dixon
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   2012
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9789048189564


Pages:   198
Publication Date:   28 December 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Weight of Modernity: An Intergenerational Study of the Rise of Obesity


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Author:   Cathy Banwell ,  Dorothy Broom ,  Anna Davies ,  Jane Dixon
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2012
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.483kg
ISBN:  

9789048189564


ISBN 10:   904818956
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   28 December 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The big Australian: obesity in the modern world.- Chapter 2. An intergenerational study design.- Chapter 3. From habit to choice: Transformations in family dining.- Chapter 4. How convenience is shaping Australian diets: The disappearing dessert.- Chapter 5.From social leisure to exhaustion: a tale of two revolutions.- Chapter 6. Fitness marginalises fun and friendship.- Chapter 7. The rise of automobility.- Chapter 8. The weight of time: from full to fragmented in 50 years.- Chapter 9. Social forces shaping life chances and life choices.- Chapter 10. Restoring coherence to a stressed social system.

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From the reviews: The Weight of Modernity offers a vivid portrait of changing patterns in Australian lives in terms of food, activity and employment. ... this volume makes a valuable contribution by locating individual experiences in the context of rapid social change. ... This book offers important new ways to think about the changing weight of Australians and how we might respond. (JaneMaree Maher, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol. 137 (5), 2013)


From the reviews: The Weight of Modernity offers a vivid portrait of changing patterns in Australian lives in terms of food, activity and employment. ... this volume makes a valuable contribution by locating individual experiences in the context of rapid social change. ... This book offers important new ways to think about the changing weight of Australians and how we might respond. (JaneMaree Maher, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol. 137 (5), 2013)


From the reviews: The Weight of Modernity offers a vivid portrait of changing patterns in Australian lives in terms of food, activity and employment. ... this volume makes a valuable contribution by locating individual experiences in the context of rapid social change. ... This book offers important new ways to think about the changing weight of Australians and how we might respond. (JaneMaree Maher, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol. 137 (5), 2013)


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