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Obesity [electronic resource] : an Atlas of Investigation and Management
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilding, John, 1962-
- Series:
- Atlas: Obesity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Behavior modification.
- Obesity--Therapy.
- Weight loss--Psychological aspects.
- Obesity.
- Overnutrition.
- Overweight.
- Nutrition Disorders.
- Body Weight.
- Body Size.
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases.
- Signs and Symptoms.
- Disease.
- Body Weights and Measures.
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
- Body Constitution.
- Physiological Phenomena.
- Physical Examination.
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
- Diagnosis.
- Medical Subjects:
- Overnutrition.
- Overweight.
- Nutrition Disorders.
- Body Weight.
- Body Size.
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases.
- Signs and Symptoms.
- Disease.
- Body Weights and Measures.
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
- Body Constitution.
- Physiological Phenomena.
- Physical Examination.
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
- Diagnosis.
- Obesity.
- Local Subjects:
- Behavior modification.
- Obesity--Therapy.
- Weight loss--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (119 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clinical Publishing, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides an illustrated, comprehensive review of obesity. An introductory discussion of the definitions of obesity and its epidemiology is followed by a detailed section on pathophysiology and aetiology.Tackles genetic predisposition and appetite regulation, in addition to common environmental and lifestyle factors and ethnicity. The authors proceed to discuss the much neglected area of management, approaching this area by defining the need to effectively assess the causes of the condition in the patient, giving advice on differential diagnosis, diet and exercise, behavioural therapy, surgery
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Obesity; Chapter 2: Pathophysiology and aetiology of obesity; Chapter 3: Associations and complications of obesity; Chapter 4: Management of obesity; Chapter 5: Miscellaneous; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14679-7
- 9786613146793
- 1-84692-619-X
- OCLC:
- 735622746
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