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The Seven Deadly Sins of Obesity: How the Modern World is Making us Fat
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Seven Deadly Sins of Obesity: How the Modern World is Making us Fat
Contributors:
By (Author) Jane Dixon
Edited by Dorothy Broom
Publisher:
UNSW Press
Imprint:
UNSW Press
Publication Date:
1st February 2007
Country:
Australia
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Dietetics and nutrition
Dewey:
363.810994
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
240
Dimensions:
Width 160mm, Height 231mm, Spine 18mm
Weight:
411g
Description
Argues that the skyrocketing increase in obesity levels is not caused by individuals' moral weakness, but is due to modern society lacking the virtues necessary for people to adopt and maintain healthy behaviours. In a fresh and highly original approach, the book proceeds to identify a set of seven social and environmental 'sins' that characterise our contemporary world, and then describes how each impacts on the level of obesity.
