Public health mini-guide. Obesity /
Obesity and its linked morbidity and mortality is a significant public health challenge on a global scale and places a burden not only on the individual but also on society as a whole. This Mini-Guide presents key themes relating to this challenge, including the means of measuring obesity, the most...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier,
[2014]
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| Series: | Public health mini-guide.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book. |
| Summary: | Obesity and its linked morbidity and mortality is a significant public health challenge on a global scale and places a burden not only on the individual but also on society as a whole. This Mini-Guide presents key themes relating to this challenge, including the means of measuring obesity, the most recent prevalence and trends, the health consequences and causes of obesity along with approaches to counter obesity both at an individual and a population level. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780702047206 0702047201 1336265604 9781336265608 |