Obesity
Subtitle: science to practice
By: [edited by] Gareth Williams, Gema Fruhbeck.
Contributors: Williams, Gareth, MD.; Frühbeck, Gema.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470019115
Subjects: Obesity -- Textbooks; Obesity
Genres: Textbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of obesity / George A. Bray; title: Epidemiology and social impact of obesity / Neville Rigby ... [et al.]; title: Key methodologies in obesity research and practice / Susan Jebb ... [et al.]; title: Adipose tissue : development, anatomy and functions / Dominique Langin ... [et al.]; title: The regulation of energy balance : an overview / Wolfgang Langhans, Nori Geary; title: Regulation of eating / Wolfgang Langhans ... [et al.]; title: Energy balance in humans / Ellen E. Blaak; title: Aetiology of human obesity / John R. Speakman, David Levitsky; title: Health hazards of obesity : an overview / Ronald C.W. Ma, Gary T.C. Ko, Juliana C.N. Chan; title: Metabolic complications of obesity / Ronald Ma, Juliana Chan; title: Liver disease in obesity / Nimantha de Alwis, Chris Day; title: Cardiovascular disease and obesity / Gianluca Iacobellis, Arya Sharma; title: Obesity and other diseases / Mimi Chen, Robert Andrews; title: Social and psychological factors in obesity / Andrew J. Hill; title: Assessment and investigation of obesity / Luc Van Gaal, Ilse Mertens; title: Managing obesity : general approach and lifestyle intervention / Susanne Wiesner, Jens Jordan; title: Pharmacological approaches for treating obesity / John Wilding; title: Surgical approaches to the management of obesity / Mervyn Deitel; title: Special considerations in managing obesity / Mimi Chen, Robert Andrews; title: Eating disorders in obesity / Susan M. Byrne, Emma R. Dove; title: Obesity in childhood / Julian Shield, Carolyn Summerbell; title: Prevention of obesity / Tim Lobstein.