Obesity prevention : the role of brain and society on individual behavior / editorial team, Laurette Dubé ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dubé, Laurette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity--Prevention.

Obesity.

Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (832 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the years, approaches to obesity prevention and treatment have gone from focusing on genetic and other biological factors to exploring a diversity of diets and individual behavior modification interventions anchored primarily in the power of the mind, to the recent shift focusing on societal interventions to design ""temptation-proof"" physical, social, and economic environments. In spite of repeated calls to action, including those of the World Health Organization (WHO), the pandemic continues to progress. WHO recently projected that if the current lifestyle trend in young and adult po

Contents:

pt. 1. From brain to behavior

pt. 2. From society to behavior : policy and action.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-76908-1

9786612769085

0-08-092209-0

OCLC:

643058025