Social justice and the urban obesity crisis : implications for social work /
Urban America is in the midst of an obesity crisis caused by more than just biology and diet. A number of economic, cultural, and contextual factors are causing this epidemic, which can create chronic health conditions for those least able to manage them. Despite scholars' best efforts to tackl...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2013]
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Table of 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.