LEADER 02715nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910813502403321 005 20091013184058.0 010 $a979-84-00-69254-3 010 $a1-282-36339-5 010 $a9786612363399 010 $a0-313-35276-3 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400692543 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010812 035 $a(EBL)491482 035 $a(OCoLC)550640859 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304697 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12125811 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304697 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278628 035 $a(PQKB)10039641 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL491482 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10355781 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236339 035 $a(OCoLC)318420316 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400692543BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC491482 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010812 100 $a20090423e20092024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aObesity /$fKathleen Y. Wolin, and Jennifer M. Petrelli 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cGreenwood Press,$dc2009. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (181 p.) 225 1 $aBiographies of disease series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a979-82-16-12419-1 311 $a0-313-35275-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHistory of obesity -- What is obesity? -- What causes obesity? -- Complications of obesity -- Prevention and treatment of obesity -- Economic costs of obesity -- What's next? 330 $aWhat makes obesity a disease instead of just a matter of overeating? What are the genetic and environmental factors behind it? What new breakthroughs are being developing to combat it? This concise, information-rich volume looks at these and other important questions, clearing away misconceptions about this devastating condition.||Obesity explains what scientists now know about the causes and consequences of being overweight, including the latest on the links between obesity and heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, asthma, and sleep difficulties. The book pays specific attention to the probl 410 0$aBiographies of disease. 606 $aObesity$vPopular works 615 0$aObesity 676 $a616.3/98 700 $aWolin$b Kathleen Y$01700128 701 $aPetrelli$b Jennifer M$01700129 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bC#P 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813502403321 996 $aObesity$94082883 997 $aUNINA