Weighing the options [[electronic resource] ] : criteria for evaluating weight-management programs / / Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; Paul R. Thomas, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.2/5
• Soggetto topico: Reducing diets - Evaluation; Weight loss
• Altri autori: ThomasPaul R. <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-270) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 The Nature and Problem of Obesity""; ""3 Programs for and Approaches to Treating Obesity""; ""4 Weighing the Options""; ""5 Criterion 1: The Match Between Program and Consumer""; ""6 Criterion 2: The Soundness and Safety of the Program""; ""7 Criterion 3: Outcomes of the Program""; ""8 Weighing the Options: Application of Committeeâ€?s Criteria""; ""9 Prevention of Obesity""; ""10 Research and Policy Recommendations""; ""A Assessment Instruments of Relevance to Obesity Treatment"" ; ""B The Diet Readiness Test and the General Well-Being Schedule""""C Pediatric Obesity""; ""D Accrediting Providers of Weight-Management Services""; ""E Biographies of Committee Members""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: Weighing the options
• ISBN: 0-309-13257-6; 1-282-08111-X; 9786612081118; 0-309-52136-X; 0-585-02530-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778768603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II