A meditation in which consideration is given to the past and future engagement of social science generally and critical physical education and sports scholarship in particular with various scientific debates, including theso-called 'obesity epidemic' and contemporary manifestations of biological determinism

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-412

  Gard, Michael ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological determinism; Genetics; Obesity; Physical education; Science; Sport; The body

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957909355     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2011.565970     Document Type: Article

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