Adult Obesity: A Paediatric Challenge

ISBN-13: 9780415300155 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 104 str.

Linda D. Voss; Terence J. Wilkin

Opis

In 2002 the National Audit Office reported that levels of obesity in the UK had tripled over the previous 20 years. This makes the British among the fattest nations in Europe and, if nothing is done to halt the epidemic, it is feared that levels will soon reach those in the US where one person in every four is obese. Every year tens of thousands of people in the Western world are dying prematurely from heart disease, stroke and diabetes - all of them closely linked to obesity.

Recenzje

"This book is to be thoroughly recommended."
- in Clinical Nutrition

"The volume achieves its goal quite well. A focus on childhood, when much of obesity originates, is an appropriate target for the United Kingdom as well as for the rest of the world. The list of comorbidities, the complex world that has led to the blossoming of the problem, and the lack of efficacy of most treatments lead to the inexorable conclusion that prevention is the best approach on a population-wide basis. Some countries have accepted this tenant more vigorously than others. This volume, in company with many other works, surely supports such an approach."
-American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Spis treści

THE ISSUE
Obesity: A Global Problem, Philip James
Over-nutrition or Under-activity?, Ken Fox
NATURE AND NURTURE
Do Our Genes Make Us Fat?, Philippe Froguel
The Seeds Are Sown in Childhood, Terence Wilkin
OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
Social Inequalities and Obesity, Suzi Leather
Self-image and Self-perception, Andrew Hill
The View from Primary Care, Ian Campbell
THE CHALLENGE
Adult Obesity: A Pediatric Challenge, David Hall

O autorze

Linda Voss, Terry Wilkin