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Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia

The price of not addressing effectively the issues related to consumerism and ‘modern’ lifestyles have resulted very costly to society’s sustainable development, health and wellbeing. This might have, indirectly, detrimental impact on nations’ civic development, prosperity and human happiness. Thus,...

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Main Authors: Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega, Ismail, Ismi Arif, Abdullah, Haslinda, Krauss, Steven Eric
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65065/1/ICYOUTH2013-17.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.650652019-01-17T01:17:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65065/ Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega Ismail, Ismi Arif Abdullah, Haslinda Krauss, Steven Eric The price of not addressing effectively the issues related to consumerism and ‘modern’ lifestyles have resulted very costly to society’s sustainable development, health and wellbeing. This might have, indirectly, detrimental impact on nations’ civic development, prosperity and human happiness. Thus, the importance of considering the effect that consumerism has on community’s health and wellbeing. For example, the rapid economic growth and marked socio-economic advancement in developing countries has resulted in significant changes in the lifestyles and consumer’s habits. An imminent and worrisome problem related to these changes is the increased prevalence of obesity among children and teenagers. Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65065/1/ICYOUTH2013-17.pdf Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega and Ismail, Ismi Arif and Abdullah, Haslinda and Krauss, Steven Eric (2013) Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Youth 2013 (ICYOUTH 2013), 29-31 Oct. 2013, Mines Wellness Hotel, Sri Kembangan, Selangor. .
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description The price of not addressing effectively the issues related to consumerism and ‘modern’ lifestyles have resulted very costly to society’s sustainable development, health and wellbeing. This might have, indirectly, detrimental impact on nations’ civic development, prosperity and human happiness. Thus, the importance of considering the effect that consumerism has on community’s health and wellbeing. For example, the rapid economic growth and marked socio-economic advancement in developing countries has resulted in significant changes in the lifestyles and consumer’s habits. An imminent and worrisome problem related to these changes is the increased prevalence of obesity among children and teenagers.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega
Ismail, Ismi Arif
Abdullah, Haslinda
Krauss, Steven Eric
spellingShingle Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega
Ismail, Ismi Arif
Abdullah, Haslinda
Krauss, Steven Eric
Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia
author_facet Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega
Ismail, Ismi Arif
Abdullah, Haslinda
Krauss, Steven Eric
author_sort Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega
title Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia
title_short Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia
title_full Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia
title_fullStr Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in Malaysia
title_sort consumerism, obesity, youth and civic development in malaysia
publisher Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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