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Weighing on us all? Quantification and cultural responses to obesity in NHS Britain
How do cultures of self-quantification intersect with the modern state, particularly in relation to medical provision and health promotion? Here I explore the ways in which British practices and representations of body weight and weight management ignored or interacted with the National Health Servi...
Autor principal: | Bivins, Roberta |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7278364/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31018707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0073275319842965 |
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