International health and illness
map After reading Paul Clark’s post on the malaria business, I was inspired to complement this with an anthropological view of the international inequalities of illness. Medical anthropology has always...
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Not sure how many people come across the cabi website by chance, but I find it an almost essential resource for both extending my teaching material and to set students off when undertaking independent...
View ArticleObesity
Up to 1 billion of the world’s adults are projected to be obese by 2025. This is largely due to the spread of westernised diet due to intense marketing by the food industry. The World Health...
View ArticlePoverty in the UK damaging children’s health
‘Stark inequalities’ and high rates of child death, obesity and ill-health were all highlighted in a report on child health in the UK. Children living in the most deprived areas are much more likely to...
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