Articles producció científica> Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social

The emergence of obesogenic societies or obesity as a social problem

  • Identification data

    Identifier: imarina:5122881
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5122881
  • Authors:

    Arnaiz M
  • Others:

    Author, as appears in the article.: Arnaiz M
    Department: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
    e-ISSN: 1678-9865
    URV's Author/s: Gracia Arnaiz, Maria Isabel
    Keywords: Políticas públicas Obesity Obesidad Life style Health Food and nutritional education Feeding Factores socio-económicos
    Abstract: This article shows how the biomedical conception of obesity and the preventive proposals that have been institutionally produced in Spain during the last decade have helped to turn the body weight and food into a social problem. The experts' definition relating to the main causes of increase in body fat provide paramount information on the concept of so-called obesogenic societies and their lifestyles. Normally, the means adopted to change lifestyles focus primarily on individual responsibility and nutritional educations. This article demonstrates that even though there is unanimity in the diagnosis, it is insufficient or not accurate enough, as it should enclose more detail about the consequences of changing eating habits, and how these influence the health of different social groups. An analysis of the initiatives and prevention programs developed in several countries may favor the standardization of international strategies against the obesity epidemic and serves to reflect on the effects of establishing a limited concept of culture and food.
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Sociología Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Farmacia Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Comunicação e informação Ciências sociais aplicadas i Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Antropologia / arqueologia Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 1415-5273
    Author's mail: mabel.gracia@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-6429-6395
    Record's date: 2023-02-18
    Journal volume: 22
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732009000100001
    Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Revista De Nutricao-Brazilian Journal Of Nutrition. 22 (1): 5-18
    APA: Arnaiz M (2009). The emergence of obesogenic societies or obesity as a social problem. Revista De Nutricao-Brazilian Journal Of Nutrition, 22(1), 5-18. DOI: 10.1590/S1415-52732009000100001
    Article's DOI: 10.1590/S1415-52732009000100001
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2009
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Medicine (Miscellaneous),Nutrition & Dietetics,Nutrition and Dietetics
    Políticas públicas
    Obesity
    Obesidad
    Life style
    Health
    Food and nutritional education
    Feeding
    Factores socio-económicos
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Sociología
    Serviço social
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Psicología
    Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia
    Odontología
    Nutrition and dietetics
    Nutrition & dietetics
    Nutrição
    Medicine (miscellaneous)
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    Farmacia
    Ensino
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Enfermagem
    Educação física
    Educação
    Economia
    Comunicação e informação
    Ciências sociais aplicadas i
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Antropologia / arqueologia
    Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
  • Documents:

  • Cerca a google

    Search to google scholar