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The obesity reality : a comprehensive approach to a growing problem / Naheed Ali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali, Naheed, 1981-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Body weight.
- Obesity.
- Weight loss.
- Metabolism--Disorders.
- Weight Loss.
- Body Weight.
- Metabolic Diseases.
- Metabolism.
- Medical Subjects:
- Weight Loss.
- Body Weight.
- Metabolic Diseases.
- Obesity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Although every day we read news reports linking health problems to diet and lifestyle, there remains a dearth of books on the topic that consider obesity from a variety of standpoints that include medical, personal, financial, and related considerations. The Obesity Reality discusses these viewpoints to explain how and why the problem exists both in the United States and around the world, and in men, women, children. More than a billion people are overweight
- Contents:
- Understanding obesity
- The diagnosis
- Causes and symptoms
- Treatment
- Obesity in America
- Worldwide obesity
- Childhood obesity
- Mental health
- Blame and guilt
- The economics
- The art of exercise
- Finding motivation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41913-6
- 979-82-16-29176-3
- 1-280-65745-6
- 9786613634382
- 1-4422-1448-1
- OCLC:
- 817083684
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