Better health all around--this is what clinicians and patients, alike, desire. But achieving and maintaining good health can be difficult task, as this requires the adoption of behaviors, habits, and lifestyles that are challenging for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the most vita…
Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language. As nutritional studies proliferate, producing more and more knowledge about connection between diet and health, Americans seem increasingly confused about what to eat to st…
The handbook of health behavior change
The handbook of health behavior change
Aims to draw out the implications of the interrelationship between health and environment at different levels and in a range of spheres, times and geographical locations. --From publisher description.
Integrating newcomers and minorities into the social fabric of receiving countries has become one of the crucial challenges of contemporary Western societies. This volume seeks to understand patterns of changing institutional practices where the challenges of including cultural …
Gift to King's University College Library from The London Grief Resource Centre, 2006.
"Health, Food and Social Inequality investigates how vast amounts of consumer data amassed by private companies, alongside epidemiological analysis of dietary type, social class and resulting health profiles, is used by the food industry to enable the social ranking of products …
Why are Mexican women more likely to experience nonfatal diseases than their male counterparts? To unravel this mystery, Kaja Finkler explores the relationship between patterns of social interaction, cultural expectations, and gender ideologies. In Women in Pain, she examines th…
