Obesity surgery and the management of excess: Exploring the body multiple

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Throsby, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excess; Health; Morality; Obesity surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84856223719     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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