Geographies of obesity: environmental understandings of the obesity epidemic

Pearce, Jamie; & Witten, Karen. (2010). Geographies of obesity: environmental understandings of the obesity epidemic. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited.

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Pearce, Jamie; & Witten, Karen. (2010). Geographies of obesity: environmental understandings of the obesity epidemic. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited.

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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.

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Geographies of Health

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Pearce, Jamie
Witten, Karen

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2010

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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Surrey, England

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