This chapter explores the ways in which obesity is put forward as a medical (and moral) discourse, a problem caused by overeating and not enough exercise. Within the epidemiological field, there is clear evidence of the social gradient in obesity, and the relationship between inequality and ...
A cross-cultural analysis of 'motivation for eating' as a potential factor in the emergence of global obesity: Japan and the United States This exploratory study compared motivation for eating between individuals from two different cultures that have moved through the nutrition transition at d... ...
【Para.3】Across the world, more women than men are fat. Obesity is a problem for 15% of women and 11% of men, meaning that they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. But the obesity gap varies across the world. The Middle East and north Africa has the biggest and most...
Some social scientists take issue with aspects of Twenge’s analysis; others say that her data source, although highly regarded, is not ideally suited to sex research. And yet none of the many experts I interviewed for this piece seriously challenged the idea that the average young adult circa...
Obesity is not an issue for blacks native to Africa, she says. "But in first-generation African immigrants to the U.S., you see massive increases in obesity." The low household incomes of many blacks living in the U.S. may play a major role in their high levels of overweight. "If ...
Why Feminism Matters: Feminism Lost and Found This book is an innovative and creative critique of the theories and practices of feminism, revealing why it still matters in the 21st century, written by ... None - 《Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews》 被引量: 29发表: 2009年 ...
The World Health Organization has described obesity as a global epidemic and one of today's "most blatantly visible yet neglected public health problems." In the last few years reports on the rise of this life-threatening condition among children and adu
Another issue is chronic inflammation, which often comes with obesity. Inflammation is a natural way our bodies fight harmful intruders like viruses. But long-lasting inflammation isn’t healthy and could undermine your body’s defenses when a real threat arises. ...
The obesity epidemic in the United States represents a critical public health issue that has the potential to incur major healthcare costs because of the substantial risks associated with excess body fat. Whereas many recognize the significant risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus associat...
Thus, from these animal studies, we learned that behaviors relevant to diseases such as addiction and obesity are affected by X-linked genes and can be independent of gonadal hormones. Such findings are critical to consider particularly in the context of hypogonadal states, which characterize the ...