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Practical manual of clinical obesity / Robert Kushner, Victor Lawrence, Sudhesh Kumar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kushner, Robert F., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Obesity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Obesity.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 195 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Energy balance and body weight homeostasis
- The genetic basis of obesity
- Adipocyte biology
- Fetal and infant origins of obesity
- Metabolic fuels and obesity
- Practical guide to clinical assessment and treatment planning
- Patterns, risks, and benefits of weight loss
- Dietary management
- Physical activity and exercise
- Behavioral therapy
- Pharmacotherapy
- Surgical treatments
- Diabetes and metabolic diseases
- Obesity and reproductive health
- Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease in obesity
- Respiratory complications of obesity
- Obesity and cardiovascular disease
- Obesity : mental health and social consequences
- Obesity and musculoskeletal disease
- The obese patient in hospital.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2013).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kushner, Robert Practical Manual of Clinical Obesity
- ISBN:
- 9781118643570
- 1118643577
- Publisher Number:
- 99954201777
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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