Tag: health

World Breastfeeding Week

World Breastfeeding Week is held yearly from 1st to 7th of August in more than 120 countries. Being organized by WABA, WHO and UNICEF, the goal is to promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life which yields tremendous health benefits, providing critical nutrients, protection from deadly diseases and fostering growth. To learn more please visit www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org

Berghahn is pleased to highlight our Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality Series, as well as selection of other relevant titles and journal articles.

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World Health Day

Image result for universal health care symbolWorld Health Day is annually held on April 7, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO), to mark WHO’s founding, and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year. For more information and this year’s theme please visit WHO webpage.

In recognition of the day Berghahn would like to showcase a range of related titles, delivering scholarly, informed opinion. Valid through May 7th, we are pleased to offer a 25% discount on any of our Medical Anthropology titles ordered directly through Berghahn webpage. At checkout, simply enter the code WHD18.

Please note that all the titles listed below are also available as ebooks. More information is available here.

 

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Five Myths about Anorexia

By Richard O’Connor, author of From Virtue to Vice

 

Richard O’Connor, professor of anthropology at the University of the South, is the author of From Virtue to Vice: Negotiating Anorexia. His book, written with Penny van Esterik, is Volume 4 in our Food, Nutrition and Culture Series that takes an anthropological perspective to human nutrition and food habits. In this blog post, Professor O’Connor debunks five commonly held beliefs on the disease that benefits clinicians, patients, and the friends and family of those who struggle with anorexia.

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