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6 Gender and obesity
Multiple factors contribute to the development, maintenance and treatment of obesity. Viewing obesity through a gender relations approach helps to understand how an individual’s interactions with others and society contributes to health opportunities and constraints, resulting in excess body weight. In gender relations theory, the body is viewed as both an agent and a product of social practice...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-5384,1883-2083
DOI: 10.2169/naika.96.916