Research Catalog

Title

Obesity : prevention and treatment / edited by James M. Rippe, Theodore J. Angelopoulos.

Publication

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2012], ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rippe, James M.
• Angelopoulos, Theodore J.

Description

xviii, 417 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Obesity > therapy
• Obesity > complications
• Obesity > prevention & control
• Obesity > Treatment
• Obesity > Prevention

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preventing and managing obesity : the scope of the problem -- The pathophysiology of obesity (including genetics) -- Epidemiology of obesity -- Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity -- Nutritional aspects of obesity management -- Exercise management of the obese patient -- Behavioral management of the overweight or obese patient -- Managing childhood obesity -- Drug treatment of obesity -- Surgical treatment of obesity -- Obesity and health : implications of public policy -- Obesity and heart disease -- Obesity and diabetes -- Obesity and the metabolic syndrome -- Obesity and cancer -- Obesity and arthritis -- Beyond subcutaneous fat.

ISBN

• 9781439836712 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 143983671X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011050261

OCLC

• ocn767854151
• 767854151
• SCSB-8860349

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries