{"product_id":"the-applied-anthropology-of-obesity-9781498512633","title":"The Applied Anthropology of Obesity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe increasing global prevalence of obesity and nutrition-based non-communicable disease has many causes, including food availability; social norms as evidenced in local foodways; genetic predisposition; economic circumstance; cultural variation in norms surrounding body composition; and policies affecting production, distribution, and consumption of food locally and globally. The Applied Anthropology of Obesity: Prevention, Intervention, and Identity advances understanding of the many cultural factors underlying increased global obesity prevalence. This collection of chapters showcase the value of anthropology's holistic approach to human interaction by exploring how human identity associated with obesity\/overweight is affected by cultural norms, policy decisions, and perceptions of cultural change. They also demonstrate best practices for the application of anthropological skillsets to develop culturally-appropriate nutritional behavior change across multiple levels of analysis, from\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChad T. Morris and Alexandra G. Lancey have assembled a valuable collection of anthropological studies of obesity and efforts to combat it. Working in diverse cultural settings, the authors use a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore individual, community, and societal level factors contributing to obesity. Applied anthropologists and public health professionals have much to learn from these authors’ research, findings, and practice recommendations. -- Carol Bryant, University of South Florida\u003cbr\u003eThe common thread that ties together the papers in this volume is the holistic perspective that applied anthropology brings to understanding overweight\/obesity in diverse geographical settings and among varied groups of people with different lived experiences and perceptions of the world.  This perspective is critically important when it comes to addressing not only nutritional-behavior change but also those structural factors and policies that influence access to food and lifestyle.  The work of professional and student researchers presented here should be commended for a job well done. -- David Himmelgreen, University of South Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1\t“Modernization,” Global Influence and Obesity Prevention in the Republic of Palau \t\tChad T. Morris, Amanda Wolfe, Sarah Womack, Stevenson Kuartei Chapter 2\tApplying a Socio-Ecological Model to Obesity in the Caribbean: A Community-Based Approach at the Tapion Hospital in Castries, Saint Lucia \t\tColleen O’Brien Cherry, Elizabeth Serieux Chapter 3\tAnthropology Field School Insights into Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Food Insecurity: The Case of Demonstration Keyhole Gardens in the Monteverde Zone, Costa Rica \t\tLillie Uyên-Loan Đào, Sara Arias-Steele, Emily Bissett, Constanza \t\t\tCarney, Zuhra Malik Chapter 4\tCommunity Approaches to Obesity Prevention in Brazil: The Food and Nutritional Security Paradigm \t\tCharles Klein Chapter 5\tMetabolic Syndrome Screening and Health Education: Are There Lessons We Can Learn from Japan? \t\tAmy Borovoy Chapter 6\tWho, What, and How: Insights Gained From a Comparative Approach to School-Based Obesity Prevention Efforts \t\tAlexandra G. Lancey Chapter 7\tAddressing Obesity and Associated Medical Conditions in Latino Immigrant Communities in Southeast Georgia \t\tJohn Luque, Moya Alfonso, Yelena Tarasenko Chapter 8\tWorking with Low-Income and Latino Farmers to Increase Access to Oregon’s Local Food Markets using Community Based Participatory Research and Public Participation GIS \t\tMargaret Everett, Betty Izumi, Scott Ellis, Alejandro Tecum, Anne Morse, \t\t\tStacey Sobell Chapter 9\tReligious Gardens, Pilgrimages and Dancing: A Critique of Translated Interventions in a Tribal Community \t\tSean Bruna Chapter 10\tConsidering Surgical Weight Loss: Applied Anthropology and the Invisible Obese Body \t\tSarah Trainer, Alexandra Brewis, Amber Wutich Chapter 11\tFat by Any Other Name: Perceptions of “Obesity” in Clinical Settings \t\tDeborah L. Williams, Alexandra A. Brewis, Sarah S. Trainer, Jose \t\t\t\tRosales Chavez Chapter 12\tObesity as Public Policy: Creating and Changing the Obesogenic Environment \t\tMerrill Eisenberg References About the Contributors","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040650887511,"sku":"9781498512633","price":83.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498512633.jpg?v=1750947391","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-applied-anthropology-of-obesity-9781498512633","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}