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Conceptualizing ecobiosocial interactions: lessons from obesity

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Since the late 1990s, there has been increasing consensus that the global obesity epidemic is driven by environmental factors. Obesity is thus a good example of where human interaction with the environment can make and unmake health in many societies. In this chapter we examine frameworks designed to conceptualize the links between the environment and obesity. We focus on two frameworks of obesogenesis: that of the ‘obesogenic environment’, which was developed in the Asia-Pacific region, and ...

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10.1002/9781118786949

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
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Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Publisher's website
Journal:
A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health Journal website
Volume:
Chapter 4
Publication date:
2016-05-01
Acceptance date:
2016-04-04
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ISBN-10:
1118786998
ISBN-13:
9781118786994
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pubs:614878
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uuid:3822dfb3-f516-44a2-adb0-25ff977d1b01
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pubs:614878
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614878
Deposit date:
2016-04-11

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