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A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome : origins and treatment / by George A. Bray.
Holman Biotech Commons RC628 .B6529 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bray, George A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity.
- Metabolic syndrome.
- Obesity--etiology.
- Metabolic Syndrome--etiology.
- Metabolic Syndrome--therapy.
- Obesity--therapy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Obesity--etiology.
- Metabolic Syndrome--etiology.
- Metabolic Syndrome--therapy.
- Obesity--therapy.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Origins of obesity in the scientific era : 1500 AD to the present
- Definitions, measurement, and prevalence
- Genetic, metabolic, and social origins of obesity
- Effects of obesity on health and metabolism
- Prevention, evaluation, and introduction to treatment
- Lifestyle, diet, & exercise : cognitive solutions
- Medications for obesity
- Surgery for obesity
- Post-script : obesity in the twenty first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439814574
- 1439814570
- OCLC:
- 655618975
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