bookResearch Online (University of Wollongong)Jan 21, 2005Closed access

The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality and Ideology

MGMichael GardJEJanice E Wright

Charles Sturt University · University of Wollongong

Abstract

Obesity associated with declining levels of physical activity is now a critical theme in health and exercise. This controversial book suggests the scientific community may have been complacent in its analysis of the crisis, and provides thorough and.

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Keywords
  • Ideology
  • Obesity
  • Morality
  • Happening
  • Product (mathematics)
  • Political science
  • Moral panic
  • Sociology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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