Globesity, Food Marketing and Family Lifestyles

Kline, Stephen

This book examines the public controversies surrounding lifestyle risks in the consumer society. Comparing news coverage of the 'globesity' pandemic in Britain and the USA, it illustrates the way moral panic brought children's food marketing to the centre of the policy debates about consumer lifestyles.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349359202

DOI: 10.1057/9780230304741

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 252.0