Public Health Mini-Guides: Obesity (Public Health Mini-Guides)
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- Synopsis
- 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. Understanding is facilitated through: - Case Studies - Boxed examples - Thinking Points - Summary Points at ends of chapters. - Links to webpages, resources and further reading.
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 144 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780702047206
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780702046346
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingstone
- Date of Addition:
- 10/09/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Nick Townsend
- Edited by:
- Angela Scriven