Introduction: Questioning obesity politics

Antipode

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1011-1020

  Colls, Rachel ^a   Evans, Bethan ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; OBESITY;

EID: 70449424162     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00705.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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