Editors:
Provides a balanced, evidence-based look at the various issues and questions surrounding the obesity epidemic
Presents opposing arguments in the same chapter
Addresses the controversies and misperceptions around obesity, whilst exploring the genuine science
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Causes
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Front Matter
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Clinical
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About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book chronicles the history of obesity and the early theories on its causes, then relates the current thinking about causes, comorbidities, and treatments. The purpose is to foster awareness of past theories, challenge those theories, and move on to current discussions in government and medicine concerning approaches to treating individuals and the epidemic in general. The audience includes everyone with an interest in the subject of obesity, whether they are governmental policy makers, clinicians, or laypersons.” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
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Watton Place Clinic, Watton-at-Stone, United Kingdom
David W. Haslam
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Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Arya M. Sharma
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Department of Pathology, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Carel W. le Roux
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Controversies in Obesity
Editors: David W. Haslam, Arya M. Sharma, Carel W. le Roux
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2834-2
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2833-5Published: 02 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2834-2Published: 11 December 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 306
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Internal Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrinology