Public Health Mini Guides Obesity 1st edition by Angela Scriven,Nick Townsend 9780702046346 0702065617
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Author: Angela Scriven,Nick Townsend
Obesity and its linked morbidity and mortality is a significant public health challenge on a global scale and places a burden not only on the individual but also on society as a whole. This Mini-Guide presents key themes relating to this challenge, including the means of measuring obesity, the most recent prevalence and trends, the health consequences and causes of obesity along with approaches to counter obesity both at an individual and a population level.
Public Health Mini Guides Obesity 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Defining the obesity problem
What is obesity?
Measuring obesity
Chapter 2: Obesity prevalence and trends
UK and Ireland prevalence figures
North America
Australasia
International prevalence of obesity
Adult international prevalence
Child international prevalence
Adult international trends
Predicting future trends
Prevalence within countries
Chapter 3: The health consequences of obesity
Difficulties evaluating the health consequences of obesity
Fat as an active tissue
Abdominal fat
Types of ill health associated with obesity
Circulatory system
Cancer
Metabolic
Gastrointestinal and liver
Musculoskeletal
Respiratory system
Reproductive health
Urology
Psychological and social difficulties
Dermatology
Differences in risk between ethnic group
Children and adolescents
Mortality
Societal impact of obesity
Economic impact of obesity
Chapter 4: Causes of obesity
Energy balance
Regulation of energy intake
Energy expenditure
Influences on obesity
Individual influences on obesity
Chapter 5: Individual interventions to treat obesity
Consultation
Adult interventions
Child interventions
Drug therapy
Chapter 6: Population approaches to preventing obesity
Population approach
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