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Obesity
Evaluation and Treatment Essentials, Second Edition
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- English
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eBook - ePub
Obesity
Evaluation and Treatment Essentials, Second Edition
About this book
Obesity is considered a complex and multifactorial disease. Its treatment, therefore, must also be multimodal and tailored to meet the needs of each patient. Obesity: Evaluation and Treatment Essentials presents a wide spectrum of practical treatment protocols for obesity including exercise, pharmacology, behavior modification, and dietary factors,
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of 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 treatment
- 13 Current research and future hope
- Appendix A: Notes on nutrition for obesity medicine
- Appendix B: Behavioral modification attachments
- Appendix C: ASBP algorithm
- Index
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Yes, you can access Obesity by G. Michael Steelman,Eric C. Westman, G. Michael Steelman, Eric C. Westman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nutrition, Dietics & Bariatrics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.