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Community Capitals Framework and Obesity: The Environmental Connection

with Cornelia Butler Flora

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Description


Dr. Cornelia Butler Flora, Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University, presents "Community Capitals Framework and Obesity: The Environmental Connection."

During this 53-minute audio-visual cyber-presentation, Dr. Flora discusses how spiraling up multiple types of capital can reduce obesity.


Benefits

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Objectives

After viewing the presentation, you should have:

  • Greater awareness of the many types of capital and how they relate to each other.
  • Knowledge of how harnessing multiple types of capital and spiraling them up can lead to a reduction in obesity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date Created: 2/1/09
Last Updated: 6/15/15
Keywords: social capital, community capital, obesity prevention

 
 

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