Geographies of Obesity: Environmental Understandings of the Obesity Epidemic

By Jamie Pearce and Karen Witten

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754676196
• ISBN13: 9780754676195
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"