| Description |
xxxiv, 370 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Origins of obesity in the scientific era : 1500 AD to the present -- Definitions, measurement, and prevalence -- Genetic, metabolic, and social origins of obesity -- Effects of obesity on health and metabolism -- Prevention, evaluation, and introduction to treatment -- Lifestyle, diet, & exercise : cognitive solutions -- Medications for obesity -- Surgery for obesity -- Post-script : obesity in the twenty first century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Obesity.
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Metabolic syndrome.
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Obesity -- etiology.
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Metabolic Syndrome -- etiology.
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Metabolic Syndrome -- therapy.
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Obesity -- therapy.
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| LC no. |
2010033565 |
| ISBN |
9781439814574 (alk. paper) |
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1439814570 (alk. paper) |
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