Obesity
Subtitle: prevention and treatment
By: editors, James M. Rippe and Theodore J. Angelopoulos
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439836712
Subjects: Prevention & control; Obesity; Complications; Therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preventing and managing obesity : the scope of the problem; title: The pathophysiology of obesity (including genetics); title: Epidemiology of obesity; title: Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity; title: Nutritional aspects of obesity management; title: Exercise management of the obese patient; title: Behavioral management of the overweight or obese patient; title: Managing childhood obesity; title: Drug treatment of obesity; title: Surgical treatment of obesity; title: Obesity and health : implications of public policy; title: Obesity and heart disease; title: Obesity and diabetes; title: Obesity and the metabolic syndrome; title: Obesity and cancer; title: Obesity and arthritis; title: Beyond subcutaneous fat.