Friends, enemies and the cultural politics of critical obesity research

Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic': Governing Bodies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 31-44

  Gard, Michael ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84921367216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203882061     Document Type: Chapter

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