Obesity : causes, mechanisms, prevention, and treatment / edited by Elliott M. Blass.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blass, Elliott M., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity--Etiology.

Obesity.

Obesity--Psychological aspects.

Diet.

Feeding Behavior.

Medical Subjects:

Obesity.

Diet.

Feeding Behavior.

Physical Description:

xx, 471 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Sunderland, MA : Sinauer Associates, [2008]

Contents:

Critical introduction to obesity / Gerard P. Smith

The epidemiology of obesity: causal roots

routes of cause / Viktor E. Bovbjerg

Metabolic influences on the controls of meal size / Timothy H. Moran

Obesity and addiction / Roy A. Wise

The logic of sensory and hedonic comparisons: are the obese different? / Derek J. Snyder and Linda M. Bartoshuk

Development of eating behavior: immediate and long-term consequences / Julie Lumeng

Learning and hedonic contributions to human obesity / Martin R. Yeomans

Exercise for obesity treatment and prevention: current perspectives and controversies / Shaun M. Filiault

Built environments and obesity / Jeffery Sobal and Brian Wansink

From protocols to populations: establishing a role for energy density of food in the obesity epidemic / Marion M. Hetherington and Barbara J. Rolls

Proposed modifications to the Food Stamp Program: likely effects and their policy implications / Conner C. Mullally ... [et al.]

Environmental food messages and childhood obesity / Shauna Harrison, Darcy A. Thompson, and Dina L.G. Borzekowski

A framework for the treatment of obesity: early support / Cecilia Bergh ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780878932092

0878932097

9780878930371

087893037X

OCLC:

213375790