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Bray, George A.
A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome : origins and treatment / by George A. Bray. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2011. - xxxiv, 370 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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.
9781439814574 (alk. paper)
Obesity.
Metabolic syndrome.
Obesity--etiology.
Metabolic Syndrome X--etiology.
Metabolic Syndrome X--therapy.
Obesity--therapy.
RC628 / .B6529 2011
616.398 / B652
A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome : origins and treatment / by George A. Bray. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2011. - xxxiv, 370 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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.
9781439814574 (alk. paper)
Obesity.
Metabolic syndrome.
Obesity--etiology.
Metabolic Syndrome X--etiology.
Metabolic Syndrome X--therapy.
Obesity--therapy.
RC628 / .B6529 2011
616.398 / B652