Social Aspects of Obesity

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Introduction to the Series
Preface
Introduction
Food and Fatness in Calabria	p. 3
Physique of Sumo Wrestlers in Relation to Some Cultural Characteristics of Japan	p. 31
Sociocultural Aspects of the Male Fattening Sessions Among the Massa of Northern Cameroon	p. 45
Fertility and Fat: The Annang Fattening Room	p. 71
Social Fattening Patterns in the Pacific: The Positive Side of Obesity - A Nauru Case Study	p. 87
Taste, Food Regimens and Fatness: A Study in Social Stratification	p. 111
Vegetarianism and Fatness: An Undervalued Perception of the Body	p. 127
Potential Advantages and Disadvantages of Human Obesity	p. 147
Obesity and Physical Fitness: An Age-Dependent Functional and Social Handicap	p. 163
Obesity and Overweight in Polish Men and Women: Social Determinants	p. 177
Educational Attainment, Stress Hormones, Body Fat and Health: A Sociocultural Neuroendocrine Pathway?	p. 187
Changing Food Consumption and Body Images Among Malays	p. 213
Polynesian Responses to Modernization: Overweight and Obesity in the South Pacific	p. 227
Activity Level and Obesity Among Samoans	p. 253
Obesity and Fatness as Seen by the Azande in Central Africa	p. 267
Evaluation of Fatness in Traditional Japanese Society	p. 281
Social Aspects of Obesity: A Critique	p. 291
Social Aspects of Obesity: Conclusion	p. 301
Index	p. 305
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