Textbook of obesity : biological, psychological, and cultural influences / editors, Sharon R. Akabas, Sally Ann Lederman, Barbara J. Moore.
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TextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 .Description: xxi, 479 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 9780470655887 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0470655887 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 616.398 AKA
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Textbook of Obesity is designed to cover all of the essential elements concerning the etiology, prevention and treatment of obesity suitable for students in nutrition, dietetics and health science courses. Providing core knowledge for students is an essential and urgent requirement to ensure that those graduating will be properly equipped to deal with the high prevalence of overweight and obesity, currently affecting almost two-thirds of the population of the USA and with prevalence in much of the rest of the world rapidly catching up.
This landmark text is organized into 5 parts comprising 27 chapters, each carefully written in a user-friendly style by experts in the area. Part I helps the reader to understand the scope and complexity of the problem of obesity. Part II focuses on obesity etiology. Part III examines the health consequences of obesity for both children and adults. Part IV discusses the challenge of assessing obesity in humans and offers insights into community factors that influence the risk of obesity. Finally, Part V dedicates 13 chapters to a discussion of a wide variety of obesity prevention and treatment interventions that are currently in use.
Textbook of Obesity is an essential purchase for students and the many health professionals dealing with obesity on a day-to-day basis. A dedicated companion website features an extensive bank of questions and answers for readers to test their understanding, and all of the book's illustrations for instructors to download: www.wiley.com/go/akabas/obesity
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Textbook of Obesity is a major new textbook, designed to cover all of the essential elements concerning obesity within nutrition, dietetics and health sciences courses. Providing core knowledge for students is an essential and urgent requirement to ensure that those graduating will be properly equipped to deal with the huge incidence of overweight and obesity, currently effecting almost two-thirds of the population of the USA and with incidences in much of the rest of the world rapidly catching up.Comprising 27 chapters, each carefully written in a user-friendly style by an expert in the area, this landmark publication provides a huge wealth of essential information for all those working in the subject area worldwide. Textbook of Obesity is organized into 5 parts. Part I helps the reader to understand the scope and complexity of the problem of obesity. Part II focuses on obesity etiology. Part III examines the health consequences of obesity for both children and adults. Part IV discusses the challenge of assessing obesity in humans and offers insights into community factors that influence the risk of obesity. Finally, Part V dedicates 13 chapters to a discussion of a wide variety of prevention and obesity treatment interventions that are currently in use. Textbook of Obesity is an essential purchase for students studying nutrition and dietetics, health sciences and related courses and the many health professionals dealing with obesity on a day-to-day basis. Essential and core information for students studying nutrition, dietetics and health sciences. Covers a topic of worlwide importance: an obesity epidemic is upon us. Suberb list of top class authors from across North America. Carefully peer reviewed and edited. An essential reference for all those working in the subject area--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Contributors (p. vii)
- Foreword (p. x)
- Acknowledgments (p. xi)
- Glossary (p. xii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part I Understanding the Scope (p. 3)
- 1 Epidemiology, etiology, and consequences of obesity (p. 5)
- 2 Cultural attitudes and biases toward obese persons (p. 42)
- 3 The application of public health lessons to stemming the obesity epidemic (p. 58)
- 4 Psychodynamic approaches to the treatment of obesity (p. 84)
- Part II Etiology (p. 93)
- 5 Genetic contributions to the development of obesity (p. 95)
- 6 Hidden persuaders: environmental contributors to obesity (p. 108)
- 7 White adipose tissue as a dynamic organ (p. 123)
- 8 Appetite and body weight regulation (p. 133)
- 9 Eating behaviors in obesity: the role of appetite (p. 161)
- 10 The relation of pregnancy and lactation to obesity development in the mother and child (p. 181)
- Part III Health Consequences (p. 197)
- 11 Effect of obesity on development and health in childhood (p. 199)
- 12 Impact of obesity during adulthood on chronic disease: diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and cancer (p. 209)
- Part IV Assessment (p. 221)
- 13 Measurement of human body composition to assess obesity (p. 223)
- 14 Assessment of obesity risk in the community (p. 239)
- Part V Prevention and Intervention Approaches and Settings (p. 251)
- 15 Behavioral approaches to the treatment of obesity (p. 253)
- 16 Non-dieting approaches to the treatment of obesity (p. 273)
- 17 Dietary intervention approaches to the treatment of obesity (p. 295)
- 18 Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of obesity (p. 310)
- 19 Surgical treatment of severe obesity: patient selection and screening, surgical options, and nutritional management (p. 320)
- 20 Metabolic consequences of weight reduction (p. 333)
- 21 The role of physical activity in weight loss and weight loss maintenance (p. 344)
- 22 The challenge of weight loss maintenance: successful losers (p. 354)
- 23 Treatment of obesity in the primary care setting (p. 365)
- 24 Worksite health promotion for obesity prevention (p. 374)
- 25 Treatment of overweight and obesity in children (p. 384)
- 26 School-based interventions for overweight and obesity prevention (p. 400)
- 27 Preventing childhood obesity: It Takes a Nation (p. 424)
- Index (p. 463)
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About the Editors
Sharon R. Akabas has taught a wide range of nutrition-related courses at Columbia University for nearly 30 years. She is particularly interested in helping students understand the complexity of weight, from basic science to practice and policy. She is currently the Director of the MS in Nutrition Program at Columbia's Institute of Human Nutrition.
Sally Ann Lederman has been a faculty member in nutrition and public health at Columbia University since 1983. Most of her teaching and research have focused on the biological and public health aspects of pregnancy and lactation.
Barbara J. Moore has more than 30 years of experience in the field of obesity. Her background includes research, education, policy formulation and program development in the public and private sectors.