Medical Anthropology Obesity

Reconfiguring Metabolism: Critical Ethnographies of …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01459740.2019.1681993

Medical anthropology is a field enthusiastically committed to Boasian methodology, Geertzian description, and Marxist and feminist critiques. ... disorder, of dietary control, and of moral and genetic responsibility for disease. Emily Yates-Doerr’s …

The Anthropology of Obesity | The Oxford Handbook of …

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41250/chapter/350789242

Some of the essential methodologies used to model obesity, and a few examples of topical areas and current trends in the anthropology of obesity, are discussed. Changes in …

An anthropological perspective on obesity - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3300488/

An anthropological perspective on obesity considers both its evolutionary background and cross-cultural variation. It must explain three basic facts about obesity: gender …

"The Applied Anthropology of Obesity" by Chad T. Morris …

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/commhealth-facpubs/196/

The Applied Anthropology of Obesity: Prevention, Intervention, and Identity advances understanding of the many cultural factors underlying increased global obesity …

Causes of Obesity | Overweight & Obesity | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/basics/causes.html

(PDF) An Anthropological Perspective of …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19854802_An_Anthropological_Perspective_of_Obesity

Abstract. An anthropological perspective on obesity considers both its evolutionary background and cross-cultural variation. It must explain three basic facts …

Nutritional Anthropology, Starvation, the Health of …

https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2017/august/columns/food-medicine-and-health-nutritional-anthropology

Nutritional anthropology is a branch of medical anthropology—a field that has long been quietly dedicated to international health and the complex interrelationships …

Medical Anthropology | Department of Anthropology

https://anthropology.stanford.edu/research/medical-anthropology

Medical anthropology is the study of how health and illness are shaped, experienced, and understood in the context of cultural, historical, and political forces. It is one of the most …

Anthropology Department Faculty and Staff - Texas State University

https://www.txst.edu/anthropology/people/faculty-staff.html

Faculty Research at Texas State. Dynamic research on diverse biological and cultural aspects of the human condition, past and present, is a defining aspect of the Department …

An Open Letter to the American Obesity Foundation – Medical ...

https://medanthucl.com/2022/08/12/an-open-letter-to-the-american-obesity-foundation/

Dear Ms. Okon, I would like to begin this letter by acknowledging the hard work you and your organisation, The American Obesity Foundation (AOF), have been …