Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet , Mireia (2012) Government intervention would be justified to prevent a potential epidemic of food disorders. British Politics and Policy at LSE (08 Mar 2012) Blog Entry.
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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: | Website (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Authors |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > European Institute Departments > Social Policy Collections > British Politics and Policy at LSE Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Research centres and groups > LSE Health |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/43787/ |
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