Anticipating fatness: Childhood, affect and the pre-emptive 'war on obesity'

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-38

  Evans, Bethan ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Bodies; Childhood; Obesity; Pre emption; Spatiotemporality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; MEDIA ROLE; OBESITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71949085050     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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