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21. A population perspective on obesity prevention : lessons learned from Sweden and the U.S
Sammanfattning : Obesity prevalences are increasing in Sweden and the US. Obesity has many health consequences and health risks are associated with small increases in weight and marked obesity. Cross-sectional and panel surveys from northern Sweden and upstate NY provide the basis for furthering understanding of body mass index (BMI) development. LÄS MER
22. Intimitetens villkor : kön, sexualitet och berättelser om jaget
Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the drawing of boundaries between normal and abnormal, between natural and unnatural. The aim is to show how the conditions for intimacy and hence also intimacy between women have changed in modern society, how sex and sexuality have been perceived, organized, and experienced in relation to historical and cultural circumstances. LÄS MER
23. Klädd Krigare : Skifte i skandinaviskt dräktskick kring år 1000
Sammanfattning : Using textiles as clues, it is shown that, like in the rest of Scandinavia, there is a legible societal shift in favour of a new Christian organization as early as around year 1000 even in the central parts of what is now Sweden, including the, according to Adam of Bremen, “pagan” Mälar valley. During a period of at least a hundred and fifty years, the Mälar valley with Birka in the centre had enjoyed eastern trade, which is reflected in the rich finds of oriental textile fragments in the Birka graves. LÄS MER
24. Gendering family dynamics : the case of Sweden and Hungary
Sammanfattning : This thesis contains three studies that focus on different aspects of family dynamics at three life-course stages. These are the second birth in an intact partnership, the dissolution of the first parental union, and the first shared birth in the second union. LÄS MER
25. Fattigdomens besvärjelser : visionära ideal och vardagliga realiteter i socialt arbete
Sammanfattning : The theme of this dissertation is how changing claims as to what is proper and true social work have been formulated and staged in the twentieth century. From the perspective of cultural analysis I seek to discuss how social work has been formed and changed over a century. LÄS MER