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Obesity And Depression: Examining An Adult Age Subset In The United States, Haleigh Moran
Obesity And Depression: Examining An Adult Age Subset In The United States, Haleigh Moran
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Obesity within the United States has been a topic of increasing national concern since the spike of its prevalence among the population. Its growing presence in American society sparked governmental attention around the early 1980s (NCBI). This relatively recent phenomena in the scope of American history has generated the need for research around the economic, medical, and societal implications of this emergent epidemic. While research has been conducted by medical experts, there is a missing analytical perspective from the field of sociology in the national discussion of obesity. More often than not, sociological understandings and evaluations are absent from nation-wide …