''Addressing a growing epidemic in today's world, Obesity: Evaluation and Treatment Essentials presents practical treatment protocols for obesity, including exercise, pharmacology, behavior modification, and dietary factors, from the point of view of the practicing physician. Encompassing a multidis
Obesity : Evaluation and Treatment Essentials, Second Edition.
β Scribed by Steelman, G. Michael; Westman, Eric C.
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall/CRC
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 346
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Cover
Contents
Foreword
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Contributors
Editors
1: Obesity: The scope of a growing problem
2: Etiologies of obesity
3: Health hazards of obesity
4: Evaluation of the obese patient
5: Dietary treatment of overweight and obesity
6: The role of physical activity in the treatment of overweight and obesity
7: Behavioral modification
8: Pharmacotherapy
9: Maintenance of weight loss
10: Surgical treatment of the obese individual
11: Medical treatment of pediatric overweight and obesity. 12: Binge eating disorder: Etiology, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment13: Current research and future hope
Appendix A: Notes on nutrition for obesity medicine
Appendix B: Behavioral modification attachments
Appendix C: ASBP algorithm
Back Cover.
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