Social Justice and the Urban Obesity Crisis: Implications for Social Work

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Only the table of contents is available for this book, which is structured in two parts: the first covering a social justice framework, the extent of the national obesity crisis, health, lack of access to healthy foods, limited places and spaces for physical exercise, food industry practices, and challenges in measuring overweight and obesity; the second covering community-led health promotion approaches, including health promotion, youth-focused interventions, community garden interventions, community-based food initiatives, and implications for social work practice and research.