Dietary Treatment and Prevention of Obesity. By Reva T. Frankle, Johanna Dwyer, Lenora Moragne, and Anita Owen. International Monographs on Obesity Series, no. 2. This paperback volume is based on the proceedings of a symposium held in conjunction with the 4th International Congress on Obesity in New York in October 1983. It deals with the state of the art of dietary treatment, obesity as a risk factor in nutrition-related diseases, and contemporary issues and research on obesity.
Obesity is recognized as a multifaceted disease best approached in a comprehensive way.
While no single diet alone is a solution to the problem, dietary intervention remains the mainstay of therapy, with exercise and behavioural modification as adjuncts. This book's greatest value is in providing the nutrition scientist with concise, well-documented reviews of these issues and in challenging common claims and misconceptions. For example, in one chapter it offers evidence that, contrary to common belief, increasing activity does not result in a spontaneous increase in food energy intake. Physicians and dieticians will also find much of interest in this book, although it is more concerned with providing background information than in guiding practical therapy. Fibre Perspectives, Reviews and Bibliography.