Government intervention would be justified to prevent a potential epidemic of food disorders
Costa-i-Font, Joan
; and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia
(2012)
Government intervention would be justified to prevent a potential epidemic of food disorders
[Online resource]
Joan Costa-Font and Mireia Jofre-Bonet argue that distorted perceptions of self-image influence health-related behaviours. Through their empirical research, they find that social pressure is a determinant of eating disorders and policy should compensate against damaging peer-effects and counter the spread of this epidemic
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Departments |
European Institute Social Policy Centre for Economic Performance LSE Health |
| Date Deposited | 18 May 2012 16:16 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43787 |
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