Obesity
By: Melissa Abramovitz.
Series: Diseases and disorders; Diseases and disorders series
Publisher: Lucent Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Obesity -- Juvenile literature.; Obesity.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Examines the growing health problem of obesity, its social and emotional impacts, causes, and treatment, and research that is being conducted, not only on new drug therapies, diet, and exercise, but also on improved education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is obesity?; title: What causes obesity?; title: How is obesity treated?; title: Living with obesity; title: The future.