1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456336303321

Autore

Smith Clinton

Titolo

Understanding Childhood Obesity [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 1999

ISBN

1-282-82128-8

9786612821288

1-60473-702-6

0-585-20310-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Understanding Health & Sickness

Disciplina

618.92/398

618.92398

Soggetti

Behavior therapy for children

Children -- Nutrition

Obesity in children -- Prevention

Obesity in children -- Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Why Is Obesity an Important Health Problem in America?; 2. Who Is Obese, and How Do We Know?; 3. How Our Bodies Obtain Energy; 4. Obesity: A Disorder of Energy; 5. Some Factors That May Determine Obesity; 6. What Can Be Done to Prevent Childhood Obesity?; 7. If Prevention Doesn't Work; 8. The Great Beyond: New Frontiers in the Treatment of Obesity; Notes; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Almost fourteen percent of American children over age six and twelve percent of adolescents are obese, more than double the rate of thirty years ago. Although there are countless diet and weight-loss books on the market, few of them explain in jargon-free terms the basic factors, the body processes that can lead to childhood obesity, and the research currently underway to combat this growing health risk. In Understanding Childhood Obesity , Dr. J. Clinton Smith has created a comprehensive guide covering nearly every field of obesity research. He



explores causes and methods of control, the body

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463700003321

Titolo

What happened in and to moral philosophy in the twentieth century? [[electronic resource] ] : philosophical essays in honor of Alasdair Macintyre / / edited by Fran O'Rourke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013

ISBN

0-268-08866-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'RourkeFran

Disciplina

170.904

Soggetti

Ethics, Modern - 21st century

Philosophy - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: On Having Survived the Academic Moral Philosophy of the Twentieth Century""; ""Part I: Reading Alasdair MacIntyre""; ""Chapter 2: Keeping Philosophy Relevant and Humanistic""; ""Chapter 3: Ethics at the Limits""; ""Chapter 4: Alasdair MacIntyre's Revisionary Aristotelianism""; ""Chapter 5: Alasdair MacIntyre ""; ""Chapter 6: Against the Self-Images of the Age""; ""Part II: Complementary and Competing Traditions""; ""Chapter 7: MacIntyre and the Emotivists""; ""Chapter 8: Naturalism, Nihilism, and Perfectionism""

""Chapter 9: Marxism and the Ethos of the Twentieth Century""""Chapter 10: Parallel Projects""; ""Chapter 11: The Perfect Storm""; ""Chapter 12: Forgiveness at the Limit""; ""Part III: Thematic Analyses""; ""Chapter 13: Evolutionary Ethics""; ""Chapter 14: The Social Epistemological Normalization of Contestable Narratives""; ""Chapter 15: History, Fetishism, and Moral Change""; ""Chapter 16: Relativism, Coherence, and the Problems of Philosophy""; ""Chapter 17: Ethics and the Evil of Being""; ""Chapter 18: The Inescapability of Ethics""; ""Epilogue""; ""Contributors""; ""Index of Names""



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910521510103321

Autore

Molinari, Maurizio <1964- >

Titolo

Atlante del mondo che cambia : le mappe che spiegano le sfide del nostro tempo / Maurizio Molinari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Milano], : Rizzoli, 2020

ISBN

978-88-17-14099-7

Descrizione fisica

203 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

320.12

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

IX A 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia