Doctor-patient interactions during medical consultations about obesity
The current “obesity epidemic” is a global concern for governments and healthcare organisations. Obesity is seen as a medical problem of excess body weight which can be resolved through interventions to encourage weight loss, most particularly diet and exercise regimes. Much existing sociological wo...
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University of Nottingham
2009
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