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UNINA9910810092703321 |
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Autore |
Waine Colin |
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Titolo |
Obesity and weight management in primary care / / by Colin Waine ; foreword by Nick Bosanquet |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-32171-0 |
9786611321710 |
0-470-76018-4 |
0-470-75991-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (130 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Obesity |
Body weight - Regulation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Obesity and weight management in primary care; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and overview; 2 Epidemiology; 3 Causes of obesity; 4 The autocrine, paracrine and endocrine functions of adipose tissue; 5 Obesity-a disease in its own right!; 6 Beneficial effects of modest weight loss; 7 Management in clinical practice: a patient orientated approach; 8 Drug treatment in the management of obesity; 9 The place of surgery in the management of obesity; 10 The economic consequences of obesity; 11 Prevention of obesity; 12 Childhood obesity; Appendix 1: Healthy eating |
Appendix 2: Characteristics of successful weight management programmesAppendix 3: Facts on fat; Appendix 4: BMI charts; Appendix 5: The Milan Declaration; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Obesity is undoubtedly the major nutritional disorder of the western world. It has such a major impact on mortality, morbidity and the quality of life that it most certainly merits consideration as a disease in its own right and should be managed as such. Obesity and Weight Management in Primary Care covers all the evidence on the disease of obesity which impacts both quality of life and health. It reviews the links to long-term illness, especially diabetes and cardiovascular |
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