by Jen Turner Research carried out with people living in Colorado, US, has found that Americans who lived well above … More
Tag: obesity
Geography Compass Content Alert: Volume 6, Issue 2 (February 2012)
The latest issue of Geography Compass is available on Wiley Online Library. Click past the break to view the full … More
Britain’s industry-backed healthy-eating plan
By Paulette Cully In the search for the environmental causes of weight gain, Smith and Cummins (2009) in a Geography … More
Obesity out of control?
by Jayne Glass A recent article on the BBC News website reports on research carried out at Maastricht University. The … More
The Geographies of Childhood Obesity
Sarah Mills The recent criticism Jamie Oliver received for his attempts to combat obesity in the US highlight how emotive … More
Fateful fatness
By Rosa Mas Giralt Reports about the pandemic of obesity affecting Western countries are never far from the news agenda. … More
Our fat future?
By William Hasty The world’s heaviest human being lives in the UK – Ipswich to be more specific. He weighs … More
