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Principles of health. Obesity / editor, Dawn Rutherford, MS, RDN.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Principles of health.
- Principles of health
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) : color illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Principles of health
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press ; Armenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- Discusses the growing field of obesity research, including causes, related conditions, prevention, and treatment.
- Contents:
- Publisher's Note
- Editor's Introduction
- List of Contributors
- Causes and Risk Factors
- Adipose tissue
- Body mass index (BMI)
- Cholesterol
- Compulsive overeating
- Fast food
- Food addiction
- Freshman fifteen
- Genetics
- High-fat diet
- Hypothalamus
- Hypothyroidism
- Leptin
- Lipids
- Menopause
- Mental Health
- Metabolism
- Race, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status
- Stress
- Sugar
- Sugar addiction
- Sugar-sweetened soft drinks
- Trans Fat
- Related Conditions, Diseases, and Comorbidities
- Angina
- Arterial plaque
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Breast cancer recurrence
- Bulimia
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Colorectal cancer
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Depression
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Dietary fat and risk of cancer
- Eating disorders
- Endometrial cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic
- Gout
- Heart attack
- Heart disease
- Heart failure
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Hypoglycemia
- Liver cancer
- Metabolic syndrome
- Osteoarthritis
- Ovarian cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Poor body image
- Schizophrenia
- Sleep apnea
- Stomach cancer
- Stroke
- Thyroid cancer
- Treatment and Weight Management
- Aerobics
- American Heart Association: Dietary guidelines
- Bariatric surgery
- Breakfast consumption
- Dance
- Dietary reference intakes (DRIs)
- Exercise
- Exercise for older adults
- Food labels
- Hypocaloric diet
- Ketogenic diet
- Liposuction
- Low glycemic index diet
- Managing Overweight/Obesity for Veterans Everywhere (MOVE!)
- MyPlate nutritional model
- Natural and alternative treatments
- Nutrition through the lifespan
- Overeaters Anonymous
- Sleep
- Sports
- Stress reduction
- Walking
- Weight loss medications
- Yoga
- Conditions In Depth
- Risk factors
- Reducing your risk
- Symptoms
- Screening
- Medications
- Lifestyle changes
- Surgical procedures
- Talking to your doctor
- Resource guide
- Conditions In Depth: Gout
- Conditions in Depth: Heart Attack
- Surigcal procedures
- Conditions In Depth: Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
- Conditions in Depth: Sleep Apena
- Conditions In Depth: Type 2 Diabetes
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Organizations
- Indexes
- Catergory Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Salem Press, viewed April 20, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781642653861
- 1642653861
- OCLC:
- 1180969214
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