Junk: Overeating and obesity and the neuroscience of addiction

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Junk: Overeating and obesity and the neuroscience of addiction

Over the past decade intense concern has developed in the West about what has been characterised as an obesity epidemic. This concern is producing a range of effects, including changing attitudes towards food. Some foods are no longer just foods; they are increasingly framed as illicit substances. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fraser, Suzanne
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Routledge 2013
Subjects:	science and technology studies feminist research Obesity addiction
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38659

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