Medical modelling of obesity: A transition from action to experience in a 20 th century American medical textbook

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-177

  Chang, Virginia W ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Lifestyle; Medical model; Medicalisation; Obesity; Overweight; Responsibility; Structure; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOOK; CALORIC INTAKE; CONCEPT FORMATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MODEL; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0036489094     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00289     Document Type: Article

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