| Description |
xii, 89 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
NUTRITIONnetBASE
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| Contents |
Obesity: a global problem / Philip Ames -- Over-nutrition or under-activity? / Ken Fox -- Do our genes make us fat? / Philippe Froguel -- The seeds are sown in childhood / Terence Wilkin -- Social inequalities and obesity / Suzi Leather -- Self-image and self-perception / Andrew Hill -- The view from primary care / Ian Campbell -- Adult obesity: a paediatric challenge / David Hall |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays, based on a national symposium on obesity, is aimed at the generalist with an interest in managing obesity and its outcomes, whether general practitioner, community nurse, dietician or hospital clinician. Its purpose is to highlight the causes and consequences of obesity and to bring modern understanding to the treatment of a problem that is still heavily stigmatised. The authors offer a wide-ranging perspective of obesity as a global problem and explore its devastating metabolic, social and political impact."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Adult obesity |
| Notes |
"This collection of essays is based on the presentations made to a national symposium on obesity, held under the auspices of the new Peninsula Medical School at Plymouth in May 2001"_Pref |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Congresses.
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Obesity -- Etiology -- Congresses.
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Obesity.
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Prevention and Control
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Primary Health Care.
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Child.
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Genetics.
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Obesity -- prevention & control.
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Obesity.
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Child.
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Health Policy.
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Obesity -- genetics.
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Primary Health Care.
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Self Concept.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Wilkin, Terence J.
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Voss, Linda D.
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| LC no. |
2002151659 |
| ISBN |
0415300150 |
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