Social justice and the urban obesity crisis implications for social work / Melvin Delgado.
| Author/creator | Delgado, Melvin |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, [2013] |
| Description | viii, 266 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Setting the context -- Introduction -- A social justice paradigm -- The extent of the national obesity crisis -- Health, economic, and social consequences of obesity -- Lack of access to healthy foods -- Limits to places and spaces for physical exercise -- Food industry practices -- Challenges in measuring overweight and obesity -- Community-led health promotion approaches -- Health promotion -- Youth-focused interventions -- Community garden interventions -- Community-based food initiatives -- Implications for social work practice and research. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012033984 |
| ISBN | 9780231160087 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231160094 (pbk. : alk. paper) |