Adult Obesity

A Paediatric Challenge
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-30015-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 273 g

While it is increasingly clear that adult obesity begins in childhood, preventing this condition is a major challenge for the pediatrician.

Adult Obesity: A Paediatric Challenge highlights the causes and consequences of obesity, bringing a modern understanding to the treatment of a heavily stigmatized problem. This collection of essays, based on presentations made at a national symposium on obesity, focuses on managing the condition and its outcomes. World renowned authors offer a wide-ranging perspective of obesity as a global problem and explore its devastating metabolic, social, and political impact.

Clarifying a number of important issues, this compilation provides answers to many of the questions surrounding this dangerous condition. It offers sound advice on confronting obesity and conveys the urgency that this problem demands and deserves.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Voss, Linda

Wilkin, Terry

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE ISSUE. Obesity: A Global Problem. Over-nutrition or Under-activity? NATURE AND NURTURE. Do Our Genes Make Us Fat?. The Seeds Are Sown in Childhood. OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS. Social Inequalities and Obesity. Self-image and Self-perception. The View from Primary Care. THE CHALLENGE. Adult Obesity: A Pediatric Challenge.

Über Autor(innen)

Linda Voss, Terry Wilkin