Editors:
Uses examples to illustrate concepts and methodologies
Includes questions for discussion, reading, and reflection.
Each chapter features a case study on food, diet and obesity as a contemporary health issue.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
A highlight of this 4th edition is a new chapter on sports and exercise science providing another scientific chapter on physiology which is applied and will be of interest to all those thinking of employment in sports or leisure industry.
The book is accessible and learner-centered and each chapter features: a connections feature that links the chapters together; learning tasks; questions for reflection and debate; examples to illustrate concepts, methodologies and to explore contemporary issues; a case study on obesity, food and diet.
Comprehensive, accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields, this is the introductory text for all students of health studies.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Health, Community & Policy Studies, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Jennie Naidoo
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London South Bank University, London, UK
Jane Wills
About the editors
Jane Wills is Professor of Public Health and Health Promotion at London South Bank University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Health Studies
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Editors: Jennie Naidoo, Jane Wills
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2149-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2148-2Published: 23 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-2149-9Published: 22 March 2022
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XVII, 463
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology, general, Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Epidemiology