Weight of Modernity (Record no. 104227)

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International Standard Book Number 9789048189571
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-90-481-8957-1
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number RA1-1270
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Subject category code MBN
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Subject category code MED078000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 613
Edition number 23
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 614
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Banwell, Cathy.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Weight of Modernity
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title An Intergenerational Study of the Rise of Obesity /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Cathy Banwell, Dorothy Broom, Anna Davies, Jane Dixon.
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-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2012.
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Extent IX, 195 p. 26 illus.
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Formatted contents note Chapter 1. The big Australian: obesity in the modern world -- Chapter 2. An intergenerational study design -- Chapter 3. From habit to choice: Transformations in family dining -- Chapter 4. How convenience is shaping Australian diets: The disappearing dessert -- Chapter 5.From social leisure to exhaustion: a tale of two revolutions -- Chapter 6. Fitness marginalises fun and friendship -- Chapter 7. The rise of automobility -- Chapter 8. The weight of time: from full to fragmented in 50 years -- Chapter 9. Social forces shaping life chances and life choices -- Chapter 10. Restoring coherence to a stressed social system.
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Summary, etc Over a half of adults in the US, Canada, Australia and numerous European countries are now overweight or obese, a proportion that has risen sharply in the past two decades. Dominant biomedical explanations focus on the energy equation – an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure - and remedies focus on motivating individuals to restore the balance by eating better and being more active, or – in extreme cases – surgical intervention.   This book offers a perspective that sees increasing obesity as a social phenomenon as well as a public health problem. It contains detailed accounts of three generations of Australians’ experiences of changing environments and the emergence of social trends such as increasing availability of convenience foods, the individualisation and commercialisation of leisure, car reliance, and busyness. Participants' narratives are interwoven with sociological and historical analyses of changes to show how contemporary Australians are experiencing and adapting to dramatic socio-cultural and environmental changes that are reshaping their lives and, in many cases, their bodies.    The book demonstrates that obesity is an unintended consequence of economic development accompanied by profound socio-cultural changes, and by identifying the key developments the authors propose leverage points. While the research was conducted in Australia, the fundamental drivers of rapid weight gain are equally present in other modern, secular societies.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medicine.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Public health.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Population.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medicine & Public Health.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Public Health.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sociology, general.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Population Economics.
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Personal name Broom, Dorothy.
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Personal name Davies, Anna.
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Personal name Dixon, Jane.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789048189564
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8957-1
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