Textbook of Obesity (PDF)

Textbook of Obesity is designed to cover all of the essential
elements concerning the etiology, prevention and treatment of
obesity suitable for students in nutrition, dietetics and health
science courses. Providing core knowledge for students is an
essential and urgent requirement to ensure that those graduating
will be properly equipped to deal with the high prevalence of
overweight and obesity, currently affecting almost two-thirds of
the population of the USA and with prevalence in much of the rest
of the world rapidly catching up.



This landmark text is organized into 5 parts comprising 27
chapters, each carefully written in a user-friendly style by
experts in the area. Part I helps the reader to understand
the scope and complexity of the problem of obesity. Part II focuses
on obesity etiology. Part III examines the health consequences of
obesity for both children and adults. Part IV discusses the
challenge of assessing obesity in humans and offers insights into
community factors that influence the risk of obesity.
Finally, Part V dedicates 13 chapters to a discussion of a wide
variety of obesity prevention and treatment interventions that are
currently in use.

Textbook of Obesity is an essential purchase for students and
the many health professionals dealing with obesity on a day-to-day
basis. A dedicated companion website features an extensive bank of
questions and answers for readers to test their understanding, and
all of the book's illustrations for instructors to
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