Clinical handbook of weight management /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Martin Dunitz,
2003.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The scale of the problem
- The causes of weight gain, and patterns of weight change in different communities and individuals
- The burden of ill health from obesity
- Clinical benefits of weight loss
- Clinical guidelines for weight management
- Dietary, behavioural and exercise strategies
- The role of drug therapy
- Surgery for obesity
- Establishing and running a weight-management service
- Medical and health service costs of obesity and its management
- Epidemic control : the quest for primary prevention