Healthy living and choice (title tbc)
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Quantitative research and the body mass index
    • 1.1 Understanding lifestyles
    • 1.2 ‘Lifestylism’
    • 1.2 Quantitative research
    • 1.3 Benefits of the body mass index
    • 1.4 Weaknesses of the body mass index
    • 1.5 Section summary
  • 2 Qualitative research and obesity
    • 2.1 Lifestyles in context
    • 2.2 Qualitative research
    • 2.3 Is obesity the responsibility of the individual concerned?
    • 2.4 Section summary
  • 3 Changing health-related behaviours; the case of obesity
    • 3.1 Changing health-related behaviours
    • 3.2 The scale of obesity as an issue
    • 3.3 What do the statistics mean?
    • 3.4 Improving understanding about what we eat
    • 3.5 Encouraging behavioural change
  • 4 Quiz
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary

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