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Weighing the options : criteria for evaluating weight-management programs /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity
Other Authors: Thomas, Paul R., 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Weight Loss.
Diet, Reducing.
Evaluation Studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Nature and problem of obesity
  • Programs for and approaches to treating obesity
  • Weighing the options
  • Match between program and consumer
  • Soundness and safety of the program
  • Outcomes of the program
  • Weighing the options: application of committee's criteria
  • Prevention of obesity
  • Research and policy recommendations
  • Assessment instruments of relevance to obesity treatment
  • Diet readiness test and the general well-being schedule
  • Pediatric obesity / Beatrice S. Kanders.
  • Accrediting providers of weight-management services / Arthur Frank
  • Biographies of committee members.