| Description |
xx, 471 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Critical introduction to obesity / Gerard P. Smith -- The epidemiology of obesity: causal roots--routes of cause / Viktor E. Bovbjerg -- Metabolic influences on the controls of meal size / Timothy H. Moran -- Obesity and addiction / Roy Wise -- The logic of sensory and hedonic comparisons: are the obese different? / Linda Bartoshuk -- Development of eating behavior: immediate and long term consequences / Julie Lumeng -- Learning and hedonic contributions to human obesity / Martin R. Yeomans -- Exercise for obesity treatment and prevention: current perspectives and controversies / Shaun M. Filiault -- Built environments and obesity / Brian Wansink -- From protocols to populations: establishing a role for energy density of food in the obesity epidemic / Marion M. Hetherington, Barbara J. Rolls -- Proposed modifications to the Food Stamp Program: likely effects and their policy implications / Marilyn Townsend, Stephen A. Vosti -- Environmental food messages and childhood obesity / Dina Borzekowski -- A framework for the treatment of obesity: early support / Cecilia Bergh, Per Sodersten |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Etiology.
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Obesity -- Psychological aspects.
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Obesity.
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Diet.
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Feeding Behavior.
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| Author |
Blass, Elliott M., 1940-
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| LC no. |
2008010121 |
| ISBN |
9780878932092 hardcover |
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0878932097 hardcover |
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9780878930371 paperback |
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087893037X paperback |
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