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Models of Obesity: From Ecology to Complexity in Science and Policy (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology): Series Number 78 - Hardcover

Book 40 of 52: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

Stanley J. Ulijaszek

 
9781107117518: Models of Obesity: From Ecology to Complexity in Science and Policy (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology): Series Number 78

Synopsis

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways that obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy.

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About the Author

Stanley J. Ulijaszek is Professor of Human Ecology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity there. He was recently appointed Honorary Professor in Health Research in the Humanities at the University of Copenhagen. His work on nutritional ecology and anthropology has involved fieldwork and research in Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands and South Asia, while his interests in dietary transitions have led him to examine the evolutionary basis and cultural drivers of obesity.

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