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Big Picture on Obesity provides teachers and post-16 students with a balanced and authoritative summary of recent biomedical developments in obesity, as well as an insight into its social and ethical implications.
Is obesity a disease that is written in our genes? Or is it simply about laziness and greed? Should we be tackling marketing of food at young people, getting people moving, or looking for medical solutions?
As a society, we cannot escape the fact that we are getting heavier. The so-called ‘obesity epidemic’ has serious implications, not just for clothes sizes and plane seats, but for our health too. Some doctors predict that obesity will overtake smoking as the number one cause of preventable disease. But stigmatisation of the overweight may be damaging, too. And is our weight of concern to anyone but ourselves?
Written in an accessible style, Big Picture on Obesity is geared towards post-16 teaching. Now redesigned and enhanced, it is for the first time available in class sets, at just £1.00 per copy (including post and packing).
See www.wellcome.ac.uk/bigpicture for more details or call +44 (0)20 7611 8651 (E publishing@wellcome.ac.uk).
The Big Picture series is the new name for the popular LabNotes publication – a unique resource for teachers and students that provides scientific, medical, social and ethical perspective on key issues of the day.
