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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (19 entries) : 48 images ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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still image rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Human development perspectives |
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Human development perspectives..
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Why this report now? / Meera Shekar -- Prevalence and trends / Julia Daytonw Eberwein, Vanessa Oddo, Jonathyan Kweku Akuoku, Kyoko Shibata Okamura, Barry Popkin, and Meera Shekar -- Health and economic impacts of overweight/obesity / Pia Schneider, Barry Popkin, Meera Shekar, Julia Dayton Eberwein, Charlotte Block, and Kyoko Shibata Okamura -- Factors affecting overweight/obesity prevalence / Barry Popkin, Julia Daytown Eberwein, and Skyoko Shibata Okamura -- Addressing overweight/obesity : lessons for future actions / Barry Popkin, Pia Schneider, and Meera Shekar -- Business unusual : how can development partners support countries to fight obesity? / Meera Shekar and Anne Marie Provo. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
The global obesity epidemic presents a formidable challenge to human capital acquisition, national wealth accumulation, and the goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. This book delves into interventions necessary to combat the onesity epidemic and its effect on human capital. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Obesity.
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Obesity -- Economic aspects.
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Obesity -- Social aspects.
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Obesity -- economics |
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Obesity |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Popkin, Barry M., editor.
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Shekar, Meera, editor.
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World Bank Group, editor.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1464814910 9781464814914 xxiv, 204 pages |
| ISBN |
9781787859210 electronic version |
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1464814910 |
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9781464814914 |
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