Childhood Obesity In America: Biography Of An Epidemic

Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy.

• | Author: Laura Dawes
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 09, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674281446
• | ISBN-13: 9780674281448