Obesity

  • Obesity: The Venus of Willendorf
    By Todd T. Eckdahl

    Montague, C. T., I. S. Farooqi, J. P. Whitehead, M. A. Soos, H. Rau, N.J. Wareham, C. P. Sewter, et al. 1997. “Congenital Leptin Deficiency Is Associated with Severe Early-Onset Obesity in Humans.” Nature 387, no.

  • Obesity: Etiology, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
    By Ross Andersen

    and Laird , N. 1999. Impact of a school - based interdisciplinary intervention on diet and physical activity among urban primary school children : Eat well and keep moving . Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 153 : 975-983 .

  • Obesity: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
    By Daniel E. Harmon

    Rather than suggest a diet, they set forth “ideas for changes that can help your entire family become fitter.”160 Sharron Dalton in Our Overweight Children agrees that the solution lies not in dieting but in adjusting behavior.

  • Obesity: A Kinesiology Perspective
    By Roy J. Shephard

    Campos P, Saguy A, Ernsberger P et al. The epidemiology of overweight and ... Katzmarzyk, P. The Canadian obesity epidemic: An historical perspective. ... Ledikwe JH, Elio-Martin JA, Rolls J. Portion sizes and the obesity epidemic.

  • Obesity: An Atlas of Investigation and Management
    By John Wilding, Bhandari Sumer Aditya

    Obesity at all ages is presented, with associated comorbidities and complications clearly illustrated.

  • Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 1e (Clinics Collections), E-Book
    By Joel J. Heidelbaugh

    Clinics Collections: Obesity draws from Elsevier’s robust Clinics Review Articles database to provide multidisciplinary teams, including general practitioners, endocrinologists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, nurses, and other ...

  • Obesity
    By Elsevier

    Clinics Collections: Obesity draws from Elsevier's robust Clinics Review Articles database to provide multidisciplinary teams, including general practitioners, endocrinologists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, nurses, and other ...

  • Obesity
    By Kathleen Y. Wolin, Jennifer M. Petrelli

    All of this made the times ripe for the arrival of Lena Bryant. Just before World War I, Lena's company, Lane Bryant (named because of a typing error by a clerk), began manufacturing clothing for ...

  • Obesity: The Medical Practitioner's Essential Guide
    By Robin P. Blackstone

    Knowler WC, Pettitt DJ, Saad MF, Charles MA, Nelson RG, Howard BV, Bogardus C, Bennett PH. Obesity in the Pima Indians: its magnitude and relationship with diabetes. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991; 53:1543S–1551S. 5. Hrdlick A. Physiological and ...

  • Obesity: Oral and written evidence
    By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee

    Policy action for children's and young people's health and well - being . ... which consists of over 1,200 parents in the UK who participate in judging healthy and unhealthy food products and food marketing practices aimed at children .

  • Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic
    By World Health Organization

    Specific topics discussed range from the importance of fat content in the food supply as a cause of population-wide obesity, through misconceptions about obesity held by both the medical profession and the public, to strategies for dealing ...

  • Obesity: Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives
    By Alexandra A. Brewis

    Fat Land (Critser), 2 “fat positive” countries, 121 fat stigma, 45, 116–124, 132 “fat stories,” 119 fattening huts, 106 females: big-body symbolism and culture, 99–100, 112–113; BMI, 15, 157–160; body, symbolic value, 105; body image, ...

  • Obesity: A Ticking Time Bomb for Reproductive Health
    By Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Tahir A. Mahmood

    Bringing together experts from a variety of specialties to examine the issues and challenges of obesity, this book discusses how obesity affects fertility, reproduction and pregnancy.

  • Obesity: A Practical Guide
    By Shamim I. Ahmad, Syed Khalid Imam

    This book brings a comprehensive treatise about obesity, examining the measures that can be taken to stop and even reduce obesity if these right measures are taken in time.

  • Obesity: Global Impact and Epidemiology
    By Raman Mehrzad

    Obesity continues to accelerate resulting in an unprecedented epidemic that shows no significant signs of slowing down any time soon.

  • Obesity
    By Wendy Murphy

    In this book, you'll read about health issues caused by obesity and follow the medical interventions and lifestyle changes that address them. You'll learn about the biological and environmental causes for weight gain.

  • Obesity: Pathophysiology, Psychology, and Treatment
    By George L. Blackburn, Beatrice Stefannie Kanders

    Examines the disease of obesity and its metabolic consequences. Explores obesity in relation to physiological and psychological health, and describes the clinical aspects of properly evaluating obese patients.

  • Obesity: A Kinesiology Perspective
    By Roy J. Shephard

    An illustrated history of health and fitness, from prehistory to our postmodern world. 2015, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 1–1057. 22 Tipton CM. Susruta of India, an unrecognized contributor to the history of exercise physiology.

  • Obesity: Behavioral Approaches to Dietary Management
    By Houston Behavior Therapy Association

    Obesity: Behavioral Approaches to Dietary Management

  • Obesity: Health and Economic Consequences of an Impending Global Challenge
    By Meera Shekar, Barry Popkin

    Obesity is a global ticking time-bomb with huge potential negative economic and health impacts, especially for the poor.