9781137582515-1137582510-The Real War on Obesity: Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy)

The Real War on Obesity: Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy)

ISBN-13: 9781137582515
ISBN-10: 1137582510
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Author: John Boswell
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 237 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781137582515
ISBN-10: 1137582510
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Author: John Boswell
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 237 pages

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The Real War on Obesity: Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy) (ISBN-13: 9781137582515 and ISBN-10: 1137582510), written by authors John Boswell, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Public Health (Administration & Medicine Economics, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Real War on Obesity: Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Public Health books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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This book sheds new light on the political battle to define and construct obesity as a policy issue. Through a rich analysis of the debates in Australia and the UK, it develops a nuanced analysis of the competing narratives that actors rely on to make sense of and argue about this issue, and documents how and to what effect they draw on scientific evidence to support their accounts. The real 'war on obesity', it demonstrates, has always been over the meaning and nature of this public health crisis. This insightful work will interest scholars of interpretive policy studies, critical public health and science and technology studies.
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