Product Description: Over a half of adults in the US, Canada, Australia and numerous European countries are now overweight or obese, a proportion that has risen sharply in the past two decades. Dominant biomedical explanations focus on the energy equation – an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure - and remedies focus on motivating individuals to restore the balance by eating better and being more active, or – in extreme cases – surgical intervention...read more

Product Description: Keep your thoughts and ideas in this beautifully illustrated Summer Poppies Journal. Perfectly travel-sized, this nature-themed lined notebook is the perfect place to keep your stories, poems, sketches, and quotes.Featuring artwork by Jane Dixon, a renowned illustrator and designer,the interior has graphic illustrations of flowers, gardens, and bold poppies, as well as inspirational quotes from philosophical thinkers...read more

Product Description: Keep your thoughts and ideas in this beautifully illustrated Spring Daisy Journal. Perfectly travel-sized, this nature-themed lined notebook is the perfect place to keep your stories, poems, sketches, and quotes.Featuring artwork by Jane Dixon, a renowned illustrator and designer,the interior has graphic illustrations of flowers, gardens, and daisies, as well as inspirational quotes from philosophical thinkers...read more

Product Description: Keep your thoughts and ideas in this beautifully illustrated Spring Butterfly Journal. Perfectly travel-sized, this nature-themed lined notebook is the perfect place to keep your stories, poems, sketches, and quotes. Featuring artwork by Jane Dixon, a renowned illustrator and designer,the interior has graphic illustrations of flowers, gardens, and butterflies, as well as inspirational quotes from philosophical thinkers...read more

Product Description: Keep your thoughts and ideas in this beautifully illustrated Summer Roses Journal. Perfectly travel-sized, this nature-themed lined notebook is the perfect place to keep your stories, poems, sketches, and quotes.Featuring artwork by Jane Dixon, a renowned illustrator and designer,the interior has graphic illustrations of flowers, gardens, and gorgeous roses, as well as inspirational quotes from philosophical thinkers...read more

Product Description: Argues that the skyrocketing increase in obesity levels is not caused by individuals’ moral weakness, but is due to modern society lacking the virtues necessary for people to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors. In a fresh and highly original approach, the book proceeds to identify a set of seven social and environmental ‘sins’ that characterize our contemporary world, and then describes how each impacts on the level of obesity...read more

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Product Description: Chicken meat is one of Australia's most popular and affordable foods, but it was not ever thus. The Changing Chicken provides a unique view of food systems and culture through an examination of our changing attitudes to chicken meat.