Obesity epidemiology
By: Frank B. Hu.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780195312911
Subjects: Obesity -- United States -- Epidemiology; Obesity -- Complications -- United States; Obesity -- Risk factors -- United States; Obesity -- epidemiology -- United States; Epidemiologic Methods -- United States; Obesity -- complications -- United States; Risk Factors -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to obesity epidemiology; title: Descriptive epidemiology of obesity trends; title: Analytic epidemiologic designs in obesity research; title: Interpreting epidemiologic evidence and causal inference in obesity research; title: Measurements of adiposity and body composition; title: Dietary assessment methods; title: Physical activity measurements; title: Metabolic consequences of obesity; title: Obesity and cardiovascular disease; title: Obesity and cancer / Eugenia E. Calle; title: Obesity and mortality; title: Obesity and health-related quality of life / Daniel Kim and Ichiro Kawachi; title: Economic costs of obesity / Graham A. Colditz and Y. Claire Wang; title: Diet, nutrition, and obesity; title: Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity; title: Sleep deprivation and obesity / Sanjay R. Patel and Frank B. Hu; title: Social determinants of obesity / Gary G. Bennett, Kathleen Y. Wolin, and Dustin T. Duncan; title: Metabolic and hormonal predictors of obesity; title: Developmental origins of obesity / Matthew W. Gillman; title: Predictors and consequences of childhood obesity / Alison E. Field; title: Genetic predictors of obesity; title: Gene-environment interactions and obesity.