ABC of obesity
By: edited by Naveed Sattar and Mike Lean.
Contributors: Sattar, Naveed.; Lean, Mike.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405136747
Subjects: Obesity -- Great Britain; Obesity -- Prevention -- Great Britain; Obesity -- prevention & control -- Great Britain; Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control -- Great Britain; Health Policy -- Great Britain; Obesity -- complications -- Great Britain; Obesity -- therapy -- Great Britain
Notes: "BMJ Books."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Obesity; title: time to wake up / David Haslam, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean; title: Assessment of obesity and its clinical implications / Thang S. Han, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean; title: Management : part I, behaviour change, diet, and activity / Alison Avenell, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean; title: Management : part II, drugs / Mike Lean, Nick Finer; title: Management : part III, surgery / John G. Kral; title: Strategies for preventing obesity / Mike Lean, Jose Lara, James O. Hill; title: Risk factors for diabetes and coronary heart disease / Sarah H. Wild, Christopher D. Byrne; title: Obesity and vascular disease / Debbie A. Lawlor, Mike Lean, Naveed Sattar; title: Obesity and cancer / Donald C. McMillan ... [et al.]; title: Obesity and reproduction / Jane E. Ramsay, Ian Greer, Naveed Sattar; title: Childhood obesity / John J. Reilly, David Wilson; title: Obesity; title: can we turn the tide? / Mike Lean ... [et al.].