The health impact of smoking and obesity and what to do about it / Hans Krueger ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krueger, Hans, Author.

Contributor:

Krueger, Hans.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic diseases--British Columbia--Prevention.

Chronic diseases.

Chronic diseases--Risk factors.

Smoking--Health aspects.

Smoking.

Obesity--Health aspects.

Obesity.

Weight loss.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It provides solid evidence and practical advice to health care planners, decision-makers, and frontline providers alike.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction : planning to reduce the risks of chronic disease

2. Risk factors and the burden of disease

3. economic cost of risk factors

4. Risk factor targets around the world

5. benefits of reducing risk factors

6. Tobacco control evidence (1) : preventing uptake

7. Tobacco control evidence (2) : smoking cessation

8. Tobacco control evidence (3) : second-hand smoke, specific populations, and a summary

9. Tobacco control evidence (4) : cost-effectiveness

10. Lessons from the tobacco wars

11. Obesity and tobacco control : new territory and established pathways

12. Obesity control evidence (1) : reducing energy intake

13. Obesity control evidence (2) : increasing energy expenditure

14. Obesity control evidence (3) : combined approaches, cost-effectiveness, and a compendium

15. Important issues in obesity control

16. Collaborating for health.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-9142-5

0-8020-9441-4

1-4426-8493-3

OCLC:

1013946683