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Item Details
| Title:
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AMERICA
BIOGRAPHY OF AN EPIDEMIC |
| By: |
Laura Dawes |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£41.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674369572 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674369573 |
| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
9 June, 2014 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
An overweight child is now known to be at risk for maladies ranging from asthma to cardiovascular disease, and obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. This book traces the changes in diagnosis and treatment, as well as popular understanding, of the most serious public health problem facing American children today. |
| Synopsis: |
Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. |
| Illustrations: |
6 halftones, 5 line illustrations, 3 graphs |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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