Screen LibrarySocial justice and the urban obesity crisis : implications for social work /
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 266 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780231160087 0231160089 9780231160094 : 0231160097 |
| Index Number: | RA645 |
| CLC: | R151.1 |
| Call Number: | R151.1/D352 |
| Contents: | Setting the context -- Introduction -- A social justice paradigm -- The extent of the national obesity crisis -- Health, economic, and social consequences of obesity -- Lack of access to healthy foods -- Limits to places and spaces for physical exercise -- Food industry practices -- Challenges in measuring overweight and obesity -- Community-led health promotion approaches -- Health promotion -- Youth-focused interventions -- Community garden interventions -- Community-based food initiatives -- Implications for social work practice and research. |