02683nam 2200673 a 450 991078064700332120091013184058.0979-84-00-69254-31-282-36339-597866123633990-313-35276-310.5040/9798400692543(CKB)2430000000010812(EBL)491482(OCoLC)550640859(SSID)ssj0000304697(PQKBManifestationID)12125811(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304697(PQKBWorkID)10278628(PQKB)10039641(Au-PeEL)EBL491482(CaPaEBR)ebr10355781(CaONFJC)MIL236339(MiAaPQ)EBC491482(OCoLC)318420316(DLC)BP9798400692543BC(EXLCZ)99243000000001081220090423e20092024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrObesity[electronic resource] /Kathleen Y. Wolin, and Jennifer M. PetrelliSanta Barbara, Calif. :Greenwood Press,c2009.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2024.1 online resource (181 p.)Biographies of disease seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-35275-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.History of obesity -- What is obesity? -- What causes obesity? -- Complications of obesity -- Prevention and treatment of obesity -- Economic costs of obesity -- What's next?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 problBiographies of disease.ObesityPopular worksObesity616.3/98Wolin Kathleen Y1504375Petrelli Jennifer M1504376DLCDLCBTCTAYDXCPC#PDLCBOOK9910780647003321Obesity3733329UNINA