Voss / Wilkin Adult Obesity

A Paediatric Challenge
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-134-42151-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 102 Seiten

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

General practitioners; dietitians; nutritionists; nurses

Autoren/Hrsg.

Voss, Linda

Wilkin, Terry

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE ISSUE
Obesity: A Global Problem, Philip James
Over-nutrition or Under-activity?, Ken Fox
NATURE AND NURTURE
Do Our Genes Make Us Fat?, Philippe Froguel
The Seeds Are Sown in Childhood, Terence Wilkin
OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
Social Inequalities and Obesity, Suzi Leather
Self-image and Self-perception, Andrew Hill
The View from Primary Care, Ian Campbell
THE CHALLENGE
Adult Obesity: A Pediatric Challenge, David Hall