Handbook of obesity / edited by George A. Bray, Claude Bouchard, W.P.T. James.

Date:
[1998], ©1998
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Description

Written by an outstanding group of internationally recognized scientists representing North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, this up-to-date overview of obesity, its research, and clinical components details topics ranging from historical perspectives, definitions, and measurement to etiology, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment. Generously furnished with nearly 7500 references, tables, equations, drawings, and photographs, this exhaustive guide is a useful resource for physiologists, nutritionists, endocrinologists, bariatricians, dietitians, obesity research scientists, pharmaceutical researchers, psychiatrists, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.

Publication/Creation

New York : Marcel Dekker, [1998], ©1998.

Physical description

xii, 1,012 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Contributors

Contents

1. Historical Framework for the Development of Ideas About Obesity / George A. Bray -- 2. Definitions and Proposed Current Classification of Obesity / George A. Bray, Claude Bouchard and W. P. T. James -- 3. Evaluation of Total and Regional Body Composition / Steven B. Heymsfield, David B. Allison and Zi-Mian Wang [et al.] -- 4. Time Trends in the Worldwide Prevalence of Obesity / Jacob C. Seidell and Aila M. Rissanen -- 5. Prevalence of Obesity in Children / William H. Dietz -- 6. Obesity in the Elderly / Robert S. Schwartz -- 7. Obesity and Eating Disorders / Susan Zelitch Yanovski -- 8. Behavioral and Psychological Correlates of Obesity / Donald A. Williamson and Patrick Mahlen O'Neil -- 9. Culture, Evolution, and Obesity / Peter J. Brown and Vicki K. Bentley-Condit -- 10. The Genetics of Human Obesity / Claude Bouchard, Louis Perusse and Treva Rice [et al.] -- 11. Animal Models of Obesity / David A. York and Barbara Hansen.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    Medical Collection
    WD210 1998H23
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  • 0824798996
  • 9780824798994