The Oxford handbook of the social science of obesity

Cawley, John H. (John Horan) (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780199359974 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 894 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / John Cawley -- The epidemiology of obesity / Aviva Must and E. Whitney Evans -- The demography of obesity / Christine L. Himes -- The cliometrics of BMI and obesity / Scott Alan Carson -- The anthropology of obesity / Amanda L. Thompson and Penny Gordon-Larsen -- The psychology of obesity / Ashley Moskovich, Jeff Hunger, and Traci Mann -- The sociology of obesity / Jeffrey Sobal -- The economics of obesity / John Cawley -- Behavioral economics and obesity / Julie S. Downs and George Lowenstein -- Obesity politics and policy / Rogan Kersh and James Morone -- Fat studies / Esther D. Rothblum -- Publicly-available data useful for social science research on obesity / Inas Rashad Kelly -- The complex systems science of obesity / Diane T. Finegood -- Challenges for causal inference in obesity research / M. Christopher Auld and Paul Grootendorst -- Race, ethnicity and obesity / Renee Walker and Ichiro Kawachi -- Socioeconomic status and obesity / Lindsay McLaren -- The nutrition transition and obesity / Barry M. Popkin -- Peer effects and obesity / Jason M. Fletcher -- Maternal employment / Patricia M. Anderson -- Depression and obesity / Ellen Granberg -- Food marketing, television and video games / Elizabeth A. Vandewater and Ellen A. Wartella -- Portion size and the obesity epidemic / Tanja V.E. Kral and Barbara J. Rolls -- Mindless eating : environmental contributors to obesity / Brian Wansink -- Food assistance and obesity / Michele Ver Ploeg -- Physical activity and the built environment / James F. Sallis, Marc A. Adams, and Ding Ding -- Food deserts / Dianna Smith and Steven Cummins -- Food prices, income and body weight / Darius Lakdawalla and Yuhui Zheng -- Agricultural policy and childhood obesity / John Cawley and Barrett Kirwan -- Obesity and medical costs / Eric Finkelstein and Hae Kyung Yang -- Obesity and mortality / Neil K. Mehta and Virginia W. Chang -- Schooling and human capital / Khoa Truong and Roland Sturm -- Labor market consequences : employment, wages, disability, and absenteeism / Susan L. Averett -- Bias, stigma and discrimination / Rebecca M. Puhl -- Medical and social scientific debates over body weight / Abigail C. Saguy and Paul Campos -- The imperative of changing public policy To address obesity / Christina A. Roberto and Kelly D. Brownell -- Economic perspectives on obesity policy / Tomas J. Philipson and Richard A. Posner -- Lessons for obesity policy from the tobacco wars / Frank J. Chaloupka -- Food taxes and subsidies : evidence and policies for obesity prevention / Lisa M. Powell and Jamie F. Chriqui -- School-based interventions / Tamara Brown -- Workplace obesity prevention programs / Ron Z. Goetzel, Niranjana Kowlessar, Enid Chung Roemer, Xiaofei Pei, Maryam Tabrizi, Rivka C. Liss-Levinson, Daniel Samoly, and Jessica Waddell -- Community interventions / Christina D. Economos and Sarah A. Sliwa -- Regulation of food advertising / Pauline M. Ippolito -- Unintended consequences of obesity prevention messages / Sahara Byrne and Jeff Niederdeppe -- Behavioral treatment of obesity / LaShanda Jones-Corneille, Rebecca M. Stack and Thomas Wadden -- Anti-obesity drugs and bariatric surgery / William Encinosa, Dongyi Tony Du, and Didem Bernard -- Correlates of successful maintenance of weight loss / Victoria Catenacci, Paul MacLean, Lorri Ogden, Sarit Polsky, Holly Wyatt, and James Hill -- Cost effectiveness of anti-obesity interventions / Larissa Roux.