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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Public health discourses"”.
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Problematising Big Food’s appetite for policymaking the case of childhood obesity
… – by partnering with government, academia, health societies and other responsible members of civil society’ (Coca-Cola, 2011: 1). Big Food’s reinvention as public health promoter means that government public health policy is increasingly entangled with corporate practices. In 2011, the …
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Therapeutic Landscapes and the Public Health Conceptualization of Alcohol-Related Illness in Moscow, Russia
… the negotiation of alcohol-related illnesses as public health problems. I contend that therapeutic landscapes are centrally important in shaping public health understandings of alcohol-related illnesses in Russia. I demonstrate that therapeutic landscapes are not only places with significant …
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Ideal Cities: the Ancient City and the Modern City in Italy (1860-1914)
… construction standards in order to create healthy cities and a healthy Italian nation. I demonstrate, through planning theories, plans and archaeological reconstructions, that Italian reformers brought about change by idealising the Greco-Roman city as a model. It was their belief that this …
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Revolutions and 'Rough Cuts': Bodily Technologies for Regulating Sexuality in Contemporary Iran
… on the regulation of sexuality in the Islamic Republic of Iran are often focused on the regulatory tool of criminalization in relation to sex and sexuality. More recently, popular academic debates have centered on the revolutionary sexual practices among a subculture of upper-middle class Tehrani …
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Discourses pertaining to, and lived experiences of, 'Maternal Obesity' (Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus/Type Two Diabetes Mellitus in the pregnancy and post-birth period.
… is examined in the context of medico-scientific/public health/ popular media discourses pertaining to ‘maternal obesity’/GDM/T2DM in pregnancy. ‘Maternal obesity’/GDM/T2DM in pregnancy are increasingly prevalent and clinically associated in manifold ways. Increasing prevalence is linked to the …