The seven deadly sins of obesity : how the modern world is making us fat / edited by Jane Dixon and Dorothy H. Broom.

Sydney : UNSW Press, 2007.

xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction: Seven modern environmental sins of obesity / Dorothy H Broom and Jane Dixon -- Sin#l: The commodified environment: How the economy feeds obesity / Richard Denniss -- Sin#2: The harried environment: Is time pressure making us fat? / Dorothy H Broom and Lyndall Strazdins -- Sin#3: The pressured parenting environment: Parents as piggy in the middle / Cathy Banwell, Megan Shipley and Lyndall Strazdins -- Sin#4: The technological environment: Digital technologies or space to play (up) and belong? / Anni Dugdale and Jane Dixon -- Siin#5: The car-reliant environment: The vehicle that drives obesity / Sarah Hinde -- Sin#6: The marketed environment: Formula for fatness / Julie Smith -- Sin#7: The environment of competing authorities: Saturated with choice / Jane Dixon and Christine Winter -- Unequal society, unhealthy weight: The social distribution of obesity / Sharon Friel and Dorothy H Broom -- Conclusion: Multiple sins, multiple saviours / Jane Dixon and Dorothy H Broom, with input from chapter contributors.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-220) and index.