02822nam 2200745 a 450 991095446810332120091013184058.097984006925439786612363399978128236339712823633959780313352768031335276310.5040/9798400692543(CKB)2430000000010812(EBL)491482(OCoLC)550640859(SSID)ssj0000304697(PQKBManifestationID)12125811(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304697(PQKBWorkID)10278628(PQKB)10039641(Au-PeEL)EBL491482(CaPaEBR)ebr10355781(CaONFJC)MIL236339(OCoLC)318420316(DLC)BP9798400692543BC(MiAaPQ)EBC491482(Perlego)4168701(EXLCZ)99243000000001081220090423e20092024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrObesity /Kathleen Y. Wolin, and Jennifer M. Petrelli1st ed.Santa 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.9798216124191 9780313352751 0313352755 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 Y1796682Petrelli Jennifer M1796683DLCDLCBTCTAYDXCPC#PDLCBOOK9910954468103321Obesity4338585UNINA