Textbook of Obesity : Biological, Psychological and Cultural Influences
ISBN: 9780470655887 | 0470655887
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 5/8/2012
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Understanding Obesity is a major new textbook, designed to cover all of the essential elements concerning obesity within nutrition, dietetics and health sciences courses.
"Textbook of Obesity is a major new textbook, designed to cover all of the essential elements concerning obesity within nutrition, dietetics and health sciences courses. Providing core knowledge for students is an essential and urgent requirement to ensure that those graduating will be properly equipped to deal with the huge incidence of overweigh... MORE
"Textbook of Obesity is a major new textbook, designed to cover all of the essential elements concerning obesity within nutrition, dietetics and health sciences courses. Providing core knowledge for students is an essential and urgent requirement to ensure that those graduating will be properly equipped to deal with the huge incidence of overweigh... MORE
| Contributors | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. x |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Glossary | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Understanding the Scope | p. 3 |
| Epidemiology, etiology, and consequences of obesity | p. 5 |
| Cultural attitudes and biases toward obese persons | p. 42 |
| The application of public health lessons to stemming the obesity epidemic | p. 58 |
| ... MORE | p. 84 |
| Etiology | p. 93 |
| Genetic contributions to the development of obesity | p. 95 |
| Hidden persuaders: environmental contributors to obesity | p. 108 |
| White adipose tissue as a dynamic organ | p. 123 |
| Appetite and body weight regulation | p. 133 |
| Eating behaviors in obesity: the role of appetite | p. 161 |
| The relation of pregnancy and lactation to obesity development in the mother and child | p. 181 |
| Health Consequences | p. 197 |
| Effect of obesity on development and health in childhood | p. 199 |
| Impact of obesity during adulthood on chronic disease: diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and cancer | p. 209 |
| Assessment | p. 221 |
| Measurement of human body composition to assess obesity | p. 223 |
| Assessment of obesity risk in the community | p. 239 |
| Prevention and Intervention Approaches and Settings | p. 251 |
| Behavioral approaches to the treatment of obesity | p. 253 |
| Non-dieting approaches to the treatment of obesity | p. 273 |
| Dietary intervention approaches to the treatment of obesity | p. 295 |
| Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of obesity | p. 310 |
| Surgical treatment of severe obesity: patient selection and screening, surgical options, and nutritional management | p. 320 |
| Metabolic consequences of weight reduction | p. 333 |
| The role of physical activity in weight loss and weight loss maintenance | p. 344 |
| The challenge of weight loss maintenance: successful losers | p. 354 |
| Treatment of obesity in the primary care setting | p. 365 |
| Worksite health promotion for obesity prevention | p. 374 |
| Treatment of overweight and obesity in children | p. 384 |
| School-based interventions for overweight and obesity prevention | p. 400 |
| Preventing childhood obesity: It Takes a Nation | p. 424 |
| Index | p. 463 |
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