1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780647003321

Autore

Wolin Kathleen Y

Titolo

Obesity [[electronic resource] /] / Kathleen Y. Wolin, and Jennifer M. Petrelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood Press, , c2009

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-69254-3

1-282-36339-5

9786612363399

0-313-35276-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Biographies of disease series

Altri autori (Persone)

PetrelliJennifer M

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

History of obesity -- What is obesity? -- What causes obesity? -- Complications of obesity -- Prevention and treatment of obesity -- Economic costs of obesity -- What's next?

Sommario/riassunto

What makes obesity a disease instead of just a matter of overeating? What are the genetic and environmental factors behind it? What new breakthroughs are being developing to combat it? This concise, information-rich volume looks at these and other important questions, clearing away misconceptions about this devastating condition.||Obesity explains what scientists now know about the causes and consequences of being overweight, including the latest on the links between obesity and heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, asthma, and sleep difficulties. The book pays specific attention to the probl



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820284803321

Autore

Lim Yves-Heng <1979->

Titolo

China's naval power : an offensive realist approach / / Yves-Heng Lim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, UK England : , : Ashgate Pub. Limited, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-315-57172-2

1-317-16717-1

1-317-16716-3

1-4094-5185-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies series

Disciplina

359/.030951

Soggetti

Sea-power - China

Naval strategy - China

China Military policy

China Strategic aspects

Pacific Area Strategic aspects

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

Naval power and the quest for regional hegemony -- China's rise in East Asia: the political context of Beijing's bid for regional hegemony -- The offensive turn of China's naval strategy and doctrine -- The modernization of Chinese naval forces -- Taiwan and beyond -- Territorial and maritime issues in the China seas -- The great naval chessboard: sea power and the Chinese quest for hegemony -- Conclusion, (Not) born to be blue?

Sommario/riassunto

The rapid modernization of the Chinese Navy is a well-documented reality of the post-Cold War world. This book makes sense of Chinese priorities in its naval modernization and argues that the orientation of Beijing's choices concerning its naval forces can essentially be explained by China's position as a potential regional hegemony. Lim highlights how a rising state develops naval power to fulfil its security objectives, a theoretical perspective that goes further than the sole Chinese case.