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Obesity Causes, Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment

by: Blass, Elliott M.

Obesity Causes, Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment

by: Blass, Elliott M.

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Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 05/02/2008
Publisher: Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press

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This book provides an integrated approach to both causes and mechanisms underlying obesity and offers principled steps toward prevention and fitness. Expert chapters are written by leaders in their respective fields.

Critical Introduction to Obesity	p. 1
The Epidemiology of Obesity: Causal Roots-Routes of Cause	p. 19
Metabolic Influences on the Controls of Meal Size	p. 73
Obesity and Addiction	p. 111
The Logic of Sensory and Hedonic Comparisons: Are the Obese Different?	p. 139
Development of Eating Behavior: Immediate and Long-Term Consequences	p. 163
Learning and Hedonic Contributions to Human Obesity	p. 211
Exercise for Obesity Treatment and Prevention: Current Perspectives and Controversies	p. 243
Built Environments and Obesity	p. 281
From Protocols to Populations: Establishing a Role for Energy Density of Food in the Obesity Epidemic	p. 301
Proposed Modifications to the Food Stamp Program: Likely Effects and Their Policy Implications	p. 319
Environmental Food Messages and Childhood Obesity	p. 371
A Framework for the Treatment of Obesity: Early Support	p. 399
Epilogue	p. 427
Index	p. 459
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Obesity Causes, Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment

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