A Matter of Fat: Understanding and Overcoming Obesity in Kids

by Rosemary Stanton & Andrew Hills  RRP $24.95  - Our Price $22.45 PB 176 pages

Renowned nutritionist, Rosemary Stanton, and prominent exercise scientist, Andrew Hills, provide answers to common questions about obesity and overweight in children. They give the facts about body fat, good eating and healthy activities, and look at the risks, the definitions, and at what is ‘normal’ in a society obsessed with slimness, yet where people grow steadily fatter.

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Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The Social Appetite 2nd Edition

edited by John Germov & Lauren Williams  RRP $55  - Our Price $49.50 PB 350 pages

This book examines the social context of food and nutrition by exploring the socio-cultural, political, economic, and philosophical factors that influence food production and consumption. Leading authors in the field provide a contemporary analysis of the social patterns that underlie food choice. This edition is thoroughly updated and revised to include new material on genetically modified food, organic and novel food, eating disorders, public health nutrition, family meals, social capital and class,
‘mad cow’ disease, food globalisation and risk, and society, food and the civilising process.

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