A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome : origins and treatment / by George A. Bray
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TextPublication details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2011Description: xxxiv, 370 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN: - 9781439814574
- 1439814570
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Origins of obesity in the scientific era : 1500 AD to the present -- Definitions, measurement, and prevalence -- Genetic, metabolic, and social origins of obesity -- Effects of obesity on health and metabolism -- Prevention, evaluation, and introduction to treatment -- Lifestyle, diet, & exercise : cognitive solutions -- Medications for obesity -- Surgery for obesity -- Post-script : obesity in the twenty first century