Obesity and weight management in primary care / by Colin Waine ; foreword by Nick Bosanquet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waine, Colin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity.

Body weight--Regulation.

Body weight.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Obesity is undoubtedly the major nutritional disorder of the western world. It has such a major impact on mortality, morbidity and the quality of life that it most certainly merits consideration as a disease in its own right and should be managed as such. Obesity and Weight Management in Primary Care covers all the evidence on the disease of obesity which impacts both quality of life and health. It reviews the links to long-term illness, especially diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and dedicates much to the current management strategies and treatment of obesity. This book

Contents:

Obesity and weight management in primary care; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and overview; 2 Epidemiology; 3 Causes of obesity; 4 The autocrine, paracrine and endocrine functions of adipose tissue; 5 Obesity-a disease in its own right!; 6 Beneficial effects of modest weight loss; 7 Management in clinical practice: a patient orientated approach; 8 Drug treatment in the management of obesity; 9 The place of surgery in the management of obesity; 10 The economic consequences of obesity; 11 Prevention of obesity; 12 Childhood obesity; Appendix 1: Healthy eating

Appendix 2: Characteristics of successful weight management programmesAppendix 3: Facts on fat; Appendix 4: BMI charts; Appendix 5: The Milan Declaration; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611321710

9781281321718

1281321710

9780470760185

0470760184

9780470759912

0470759917

OCLC:

437218586