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Record Nr.

UNISA996201951303316

Autore

Waine Colin

Titolo

Obesity and weight management in primary care [[electronic resource] /] / by Colin Waine ; foreword by Nick Bosanquet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002

ISBN

1-281-32171-0

9786611321710

0-470-76018-4

0-470-75991-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.)

Disciplina

616.3/98

Soggetti

Obesity

Body weight - Regulation

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



disease, and dedicates much to the current management strategies and treatment of obesity. This book