Costa-i-Font, Joan 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7174-7919 and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia
(2012)
Government intervention would be justified to prevent a potential epidemic of food disorders.
British Politics and Policy at LSE
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Abstract
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 (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Authors |
| Divisions: | European Institute Social Policy Centre for Economic Performance LSE Health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2012 16:16 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 12:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43787 |
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