The "childhood obesity epidemic": Health crisis or social construction?

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Moffat, Tina ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemic; Obesity; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952309156     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01082.x     Document Type: Review

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