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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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9786611321710 |
9781281321718 |
1281321710 |
9780470760185 |
0470760184 |
9780470759912 |
0470759917 |
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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 |
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