- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages)
- Uniform Title
- Social justice and the urban obesity crisis (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Social justice and the urban obesity crisis (Online)
- Subject
- Obesity > Social aspects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Setting the context -- Introduction -- A social justice paradigm -- The extent of the national obesity crisis -- Health, economic, and social consequences of obesity -- Lack of access to healthy foods -- Limits to places and spaces for physical exercise -- Food industry practices -- Challenges in measuring overweight and obesity -- Community-led health promotion approaches -- Health promotion -- Youth-focused interventions -- Community garden interventions -- Community-based food initiatives -- Implications for social work practice and research.
- LCCN
- 2012033984
- OCLC
- ssj0000856756
- Author
Delgado, Melvin.
- Title
Social justice and the urban obesity crisis [electronic resource] : implications for social work / Melvin Delgado.
- Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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