Social Aspects of Obesity

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Social Aspects of Obesity is written by Igor and Pollock De Garine and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1134316143 (ISBN 10) and 9781134316144 (ISBN 13).

This collection of essays examines obesity not as an objective medical or psychological problem, but as a subjective social and cultural phenomenon. The contributors take a cross-cultural perspective, examining both the negative casting of obesity in developed countries and the traditional view of obesity as a positive characteristic in subsistence societies which is threatened by the dominance of Western culture.