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The places of our daily life affect our health, well-being, and
receipt of health care in complex ways. The connection between
health and place has been acknowledged for centuries, and the
contemporary discipline of health geography sets as its core
mission to uncover and explicate all facets of this connection. The
Routledge Handbook of Health Geography features 52 chapters from
leading international thinkers that collectively characterize the
breadth and depth of current thinking on the health-place
connection. It will be of interest to students seeking an
introduction to health geography as well as multidisciplinary
health scholars looking to explore the intersection between health
and place. This book provides a coherent synthesis of scholarship
in health geography as well as multidisciplinary insights into
cutting-edge research. It explores the key concepts central to
appreciating the ways in which place influences our health, from
the micro-space of the body to the macro-scale of entire world
regions, in order to articulate historical and contemporary aspects
of this influence.
Over the past two decades, rates of adult and childhood obesity in
the developed world have risen sharply. By the year 2000, 65% of
the United States population were overweight, 30% of these obese.
Whilst medical treatment has tended to focus on individual habits
of diet and exercise, this approach does little to account for
globally increasing levels of obesity, and the external,
environmental factors that may be responsible. This in-depth study
assembles the evidence for a geographical explanation of current
obesity trends, and is the first work to examine the ways in which
environment and living conditions promote an imbalance of energy
intake over energy expenditure. The book calls upon the expertise
of geographers, nutritionists, epidemiologists, sociologists and
public health researchers, resulting in a broad, multidisciplinary
analysis of this important health issue. Cover graphic designed by
Georgia Witten-Sage.
Over the past two decades, rates of adult and childhood obesity in
the developed world have risen sharply. By the year 2000, 65% of
the United States population were overweight, 30% of these obese.
Whilst medical treatment has tended to focus on individual habits
of diet and exercise, this approach does little to account for
globally increasing levels of obesity, and the external,
environmental factors that may be responsible. This in-depth study
assembles the evidence for a geographical explanation of current
obesity trends, and is the first work to examine the ways in which
environment and living conditions promote an imbalance of energy
intake over energy expenditure. The book calls upon the expertise
of geographers, nutritionists, epidemiologists, sociologists and
public health researchers, resulting in a broad, multidisciplinary
analysis of this important health issue. Cover graphic designed by
Georgia Witten-Sage.
The places of our daily life affect our health, well-being, and
receipt of health care in complex ways. The connection between
health and place has been acknowledged for centuries, and the
contemporary discipline of health geography sets as its core
mission to uncover and explicate all facets of this connection. The
Routledge Handbook of Health Geography features 52 chapters from
leading international thinkers that collectively characterize the
breadth and depth of current thinking on the health-place
connection. It will be of interest to students seeking an
introduction to health geography as well as multidisciplinary
health scholars looking to explore the intersection between health
and place. This book provides a coherent synthesis of scholarship
in health geography as well as multidisciplinary insights into
cutting-edge research. It explores the key concepts central to
appreciating the ways in which place influences our health, from
the micro-space of the body to the macro-scale of entire world
regions, in order to articulate historical and contemporary aspects
of this influence.
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. How has austerity
impacted on health and wellbeing in the UK? Health in Hard Times
explores its repercussions for social inequalities in health. The
result of five years of research, the book draws on a case study of
Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England, home to some of the
starkest health divides. By placing individual and local
experiences in the context of national budget cuts and welfare
reforms, it provides a holistic perspective on countrywide
inequalities. Edited by a leading expert, this is an important book
for anyone seeking to understand one of today's most significant
determinants of health.
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