E-Books →Schools, Corporations, and the War on Childhood Obesity How Corporate Philanthropy Shapes Public Health and Education

Including perspectives from children, teachers, school leaders, and both public and private external providers on how children's health and 'healthy consumption' is understood and experienced, this book is divided into eight accessible chapters which include:
Schooling the childhood obesity 'crisis';
The corporate 'gift' of healthy lifestyles;
'Coming together' to solve obesity;
Learning about health, fatness, and 'good' choices; and
Shaping the (un)healthy child-consumer
Schools, Corporations, and the War on Childhood Obesity is the perfect resource for postgraduate students and academics working in the public health or education field, or those taking courses on the sociology of education, health and physical education, curriculum, pedagogy, ethnography, or critical theory, who are looking to gain an insight into the current situation surrounding obesity and health in corporations and schools.