The obesity reality [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive approach to a growing problem / / Naheed Ali

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779015703321
• Autore: Ali Naheed <1981->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012
• ISBN: 9781442214484; 1442214481
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.3/98
• Soggetti: Obesity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Understanding obesity -- The diagnosis -- Causes and symptoms -- Treatment -- Obesity in America -- Worldwide obesity -- Childhood obesity -- Mental health -- Blame and guilt -- The economics -- The art of exercise -- Finding motivation.
• Sommario/riassunto: Although every day we read news reports linking health problems to diet and lifestyle, there remains a dearth of books on the topic that consider obesity from a variety of standpoints that include medical, personal, financial, and related considerations. The Obesity Reality discusses these viewpoints to explain how and why the problem exists both in the United States and around the world, and in men, women, children. More than a billion people are overweight