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Title Textbook of obesity : biological, psychological and cultural influences / editors, Sharon R. Akabas, Sally Ann Lederman, Barbara J. Moore.
Publication Info Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.



Descript xxi, 479 p. : ill.
Contents Contributors vii Foreword x Acknowledgments xi Glossary xii Introduction 1 Part I Understanding the Scope 3 1 Epidemiology, etiology, and consequences of obesity 5 Barbara J. Moore and Xavier Pi-Sunyer 2 Cultural attitudes and biases toward obese persons 42 Janet D. Latner, Rebecca M. Puhl, and Albert J. Stunkard 3 The application of public health lessons to stemming the obesity epidemic 58 Rodney Lyn, Barbara J. Moore, and Michael Eriksen 4 Psychodynamic approaches to the treatment of obesity 84 Bonnie Bernstein and Edward Mandelbaum Part II Etiology 93 5 Genetic contributions to the development of obesity 95 Daniel Shriner, Issa Coulibaly, Georgina Ankra-Badu, Tesfaye M. Baye, and David B. Allison 6 Hidden persuaders: environmental contributors to obesity 108 Brian Wansink 7 White adipose tissue as a dynamic organ 123 Aliki Kosteli and Anthony W. Ferrante Jr. 8 Appetite and body weight regulation 133 Joseph R. Vasselli 9 Eating behaviors in obesity: the role of appetite 161 Susan Carnell, Leora Benson, and Jane Wardle 10 The relation of pregnancy and lactation to obesity development in the mother and child 181 Sally Ann Lederman Part III Health Consequences 197 11 Effect of obesity on development and health in childhood 199 Ileana Vargas and Sharron Dalton 12 Impact of obesity during adulthood on chronic disease: diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and cancer 209 Jeanine B. Albu Part IV Assessment 221 13 Measurement of human body composition to assess obesity 223 Dympna Gallagher and Jung-Eun Yim 14 Assessment of obesity risk in the community 239 Carmen R. Isasi, Nichola Davis, and Judith Wylie-Rosett Part V Prevention and Intervention Approaches and Settings 251 15 Behavioral approaches to the treatment of obesity 253 Meghan L. Butryn, Vicki L. Clark, and Maria C. Coletta 16 Non-dieting approaches to the treatment of obesity 273 Melissa A. Napolitano and Gary D. Foster 17 Dietary intervention approaches to the treatment of obesity 295 Cathy A. Nonas and Karen Reznik Dolins 18 Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of obesity 310 George A. Bray 19 Surgical treatment of severe obesity: patient selection and screening, surgical options, and nutritional management 320 Marc Bessler, Daniel Davis, Beth Schrope, Akuenzunkpa Ude, Nancy L. Restuccia, Meredith Urban-Skuro, and Mary DiGiorgi 20 Metabolic consequences of weight reduction 333 Michael Rosenbaum 21 The role of physical activity in weight loss and weight loss maintenance 344 Jamile A. Ashmore, Georita Frierson, and Steven N. Blair 22 The challenge of weight loss maintenance: successful losers 354 Rena R. Wing and James O. Hill 23 Treatment of obesity in the primary care setting 365 Louis J. Aronne and Judy Townsend 24 Worksite health promotion for obesity prevention 374 Wahida Karmally and Megan Tubman 25 Treatment of overweight and obesity in children 384 Sharron Dalton and Ileana Vargas 26 School-based interventions for overweight and obesity prevention 400 Isobel R. Contento, Pamela A. Koch, and Angela Calabrese-Barton 27 Preventing childhood obesity: It Takes a Nation 424 Barbara J. Moore, I. J. Frame, and Ninia Baehr Index 463 Companion website: Textbook of Obesity This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/akabas/obesity The website includes: Extensive bank of Questions and Answers All figures from the book for downloading Note-taking outline for each chapter Webliography
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781118318393 (e-book)
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Subject Obesity -- Textbooks.
Alt author Akabas, Sharon R.
Lederman, Sally A.
Moore, Barbara J., 1947-
Descript xxi, 479 p. : ill.
Contents Contributors vii Foreword x Acknowledgments xi Glossary xii Introduction 1 Part I Understanding the Scope 3 1 Epidemiology, etiology, and consequences of obesity 5 Barbara J. Moore and Xavier Pi-Sunyer 2 Cultural attitudes and biases toward obese persons 42 Janet D. Latner, Rebecca M. Puhl, and Albert J. Stunkard 3 The application of public health lessons to stemming the obesity epidemic 58 Rodney Lyn, Barbara J. Moore, and Michael Eriksen 4 Psychodynamic approaches to the treatment of obesity 84 Bonnie Bernstein and Edward Mandelbaum Part II Etiology 93 5 Genetic contributions to the development of obesity 95 Daniel Shriner, Issa Coulibaly, Georgina Ankra-Badu, Tesfaye M. Baye, and David B. Allison 6 Hidden persuaders: environmental contributors to obesity 108 Brian Wansink 7 White adipose tissue as a dynamic organ 123 Aliki Kosteli and Anthony W. Ferrante Jr. 8 Appetite and body weight regulation 133 Joseph R. Vasselli 9 Eating behaviors in obesity: the role of appetite 161 Susan Carnell, Leora Benson, and Jane Wardle 10 The relation of pregnancy and lactation to obesity development in the mother and child 181 Sally Ann Lederman Part III Health Consequences 197 11 Effect of obesity on development and health in childhood 199 Ileana Vargas and Sharron Dalton 12 Impact of obesity during adulthood on chronic disease: diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and cancer 209 Jeanine B. Albu Part IV Assessment 221 13 Measurement of human body composition to assess obesity 223 Dympna Gallagher and Jung-Eun Yim 14 Assessment of obesity risk in the community 239 Carmen R. Isasi, Nichola Davis, and Judith Wylie-Rosett Part V Prevention and Intervention Approaches and Settings 251 15 Behavioral approaches to the treatment of obesity 253 Meghan L. Butryn, Vicki L. Clark, and Maria C. Coletta 16 Non-dieting approaches to the treatment of obesity 273 Melissa A. Napolitano and Gary D. Foster 17 Dietary intervention approaches to the treatment of obesity 295 Cathy A. Nonas and Karen Reznik Dolins 18 Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of obesity 310 George A. Bray 19 Surgical treatment of severe obesity: patient selection and screening, surgical options, and nutritional management 320 Marc Bessler, Daniel Davis, Beth Schrope, Akuenzunkpa Ude, Nancy L. Restuccia, Meredith Urban-Skuro, and Mary DiGiorgi 20 Metabolic consequences of weight reduction 333 Michael Rosenbaum 21 The role of physical activity in weight loss and weight loss maintenance 344 Jamile A. Ashmore, Georita Frierson, and Steven N. Blair 22 The challenge of weight loss maintenance: successful losers 354 Rena R. Wing and James O. Hill 23 Treatment of obesity in the primary care setting 365 Louis J. Aronne and Judy Townsend 24 Worksite health promotion for obesity prevention 374 Wahida Karmally and Megan Tubman 25 Treatment of overweight and obesity in children 384 Sharron Dalton and Ileana Vargas 26 School-based interventions for overweight and obesity prevention 400 Isobel R. Contento, Pamela A. Koch, and Angela Calabrese-Barton 27 Preventing childhood obesity: It Takes a Nation 424 Barbara J. Moore, I. J. Frame, and Ninia Baehr Index 463 Companion website: Textbook of Obesity This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/akabas/obesity The website includes: Extensive bank of Questions and Answers All figures from the book for downloading Note-taking outline for each chapter Webliography
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781118318393 (e-book)
Subject Obesity -- Textbooks.
Alt author Akabas, Sharon R.
Lederman, Sally A.
Moore, Barbara J., 1947-

Subject Obesity -- Textbooks.
Descript xxi, 479 p. : ill.
Contents Contributors vii Foreword x Acknowledgments xi Glossary xii Introduction 1 Part I Understanding the Scope 3 1 Epidemiology, etiology, and consequences of obesity 5 Barbara J. Moore and Xavier Pi-Sunyer 2 Cultural attitudes and biases toward obese persons 42 Janet D. Latner, Rebecca M. Puhl, and Albert J. Stunkard 3 The application of public health lessons to stemming the obesity epidemic 58 Rodney Lyn, Barbara J. Moore, and Michael Eriksen 4 Psychodynamic approaches to the treatment of obesity 84 Bonnie Bernstein and Edward Mandelbaum Part II Etiology 93 5 Genetic contributions to the development of obesity 95 Daniel Shriner, Issa Coulibaly, Georgina Ankra-Badu, Tesfaye M. Baye, and David B. Allison 6 Hidden persuaders: environmental contributors to obesity 108 Brian Wansink 7 White adipose tissue as a dynamic organ 123 Aliki Kosteli and Anthony W. Ferrante Jr. 8 Appetite and body weight regulation 133 Joseph R. Vasselli 9 Eating behaviors in obesity: the role of appetite 161 Susan Carnell, Leora Benson, and Jane Wardle 10 The relation of pregnancy and lactation to obesity development in the mother and child 181 Sally Ann Lederman Part III Health Consequences 197 11 Effect of obesity on development and health in childhood 199 Ileana Vargas and Sharron Dalton 12 Impact of obesity during adulthood on chronic disease: diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and cancer 209 Jeanine B. Albu Part IV Assessment 221 13 Measurement of human body composition to assess obesity 223 Dympna Gallagher and Jung-Eun Yim 14 Assessment of obesity risk in the community 239 Carmen R. Isasi, Nichola Davis, and Judith Wylie-Rosett Part V Prevention and Intervention Approaches and Settings 251 15 Behavioral approaches to the treatment of obesity 253 Meghan L. Butryn, Vicki L. Clark, and Maria C. Coletta 16 Non-dieting approaches to the treatment of obesity 273 Melissa A. Napolitano and Gary D. Foster 17 Dietary intervention approaches to the treatment of obesity 295 Cathy A. Nonas and Karen Reznik Dolins 18 Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of obesity 310 George A. Bray 19 Surgical treatment of severe obesity: patient selection and screening, surgical options, and nutritional management 320 Marc Bessler, Daniel Davis, Beth Schrope, Akuenzunkpa Ude, Nancy L. Restuccia, Meredith Urban-Skuro, and Mary DiGiorgi 20 Metabolic consequences of weight reduction 333 Michael Rosenbaum 21 The role of physical activity in weight loss and weight loss maintenance 344 Jamile A. Ashmore, Georita Frierson, and Steven N. Blair 22 The challenge of weight loss maintenance: successful losers 354 Rena R. Wing and James O. Hill 23 Treatment of obesity in the primary care setting 365 Louis J. Aronne and Judy Townsend 24 Worksite health promotion for obesity prevention 374 Wahida Karmally and Megan Tubman 25 Treatment of overweight and obesity in children 384 Sharron Dalton and Ileana Vargas 26 School-based interventions for overweight and obesity prevention 400 Isobel R. Contento, Pamela A. Koch, and Angela Calabrese-Barton 27 Preventing childhood obesity: It Takes a Nation 424 Barbara J. Moore, I. J. Frame, and Ninia Baehr Index 463 Companion website: Textbook of Obesity This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/akabas/obesity The website includes: Extensive bank of Questions and Answers All figures from the book for downloading Note-taking outline for each chapter Webliography
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
Alt author Akabas, Sharon R.
Lederman, Sally A.
Moore, Barbara J., 1947-
ISBN 9781118318393 (e-book)

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