Title Governing health and consumption : Sensible citizens, behaviour and the city

Published Bristol : Policy Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages) Contents Governing health and consumption -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and maps -- Acronyms -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Chapter overview -- A brief methodological note -- 2. Being sensible -- Introduction -- Responsible, sensible citizens -- The consumption of self-control -- Conclusion -- 3. Governing behaviour change in risky environments -- Introduction -- The 'problems' of obesity, drinking and inactivity -- Spatialising health agendas -- Conclusion -- 4. Obesity and strategies of rule -- Introduction -- The 'obesity debate' Is there a way forward? -- Bibliography -- Index Taming obesity: governing health and lifestyles in the US and UK -- The contested aetiologies of obesity -- Being sensible -- Conclusion -- 5. The incidentally sensible city -- Introduction -- Obese city -- Austin and the fit city -- London and active travel -- Conclusion -- 6. Events and the lucratively sensible city -- Introduction -- Participating in the mass sporting society -- Physical activity, events and mass participation -- Fun-running city: Austin, Texas -- Great running in Newcastle-Gateshead -- Conclusion -- 7. The sensible drinker and the persistence of pleasure -- Introduction The sensible drinking debate -- Our past drinking habits in context -- Constructing the sensible drinker -- The limited allure of sensible behaviour and the persistence of pleasure -- Conclusion -- 8. Spatial governance and the night-time economy -- Introduction -- Fashioning an urban renaissance in the 24-hour city -- Spaces of sense and sensibility: governing London's drinkers -- London's drinking spaces and drinkers -- Conclusion -- 9. What life is this? Some concluding thoughts -- Revisiting the three contentions -- Eating, exercising and drinking: overlapping and discrete lifestyle risks Summary This book critically explores the urban governance of healthy lifestyles and the contemporary problematisations of the obesity, sedentarism and alcohol "epidemics." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Urban health -- Great Britain -- Case studies Urban health -- United States -- Case studies Medical policy -- Great Britain -- Case studies Medical policy -- United States -- Case studies Urban health. Health behavior. Lifestyles. Urban Health Health Behavior Life Style MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment. MEDICAL -- Health Policy. Lifestyles Health behavior Medical policy Urban health Gesundheitspolitik. Stadt. Lebensstil. Zivilisationskrankheit. Alkoholismus. Übergewicht. Hälso- och sjukvård -- Storbritannien. SUBJECT United Kingdom United States Subject Great Britain United States USA. Großbritannien. Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9781847426390 1847426395 9781847426383 1847426387 9781447302445 1447302443 1283224453 9781283224451 9786613224453 6613224456

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